The employees were looking at their debts. Gomez is in $143.00 of debt; Cole has $203.00 of debt. Ford has $178.00 of debt. Simpson has a positive bank balance of $350.00. Who owes the most money?

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Alanna Chandler

Mathematics

28 September, 09:57

The employees were looking at their debts. Gomez is in $143.00 of debt; Cole has $203.00 of debt. Ford has $178.00 of debt. Simpson has a positive bank balance of $350.00. Who owes the most money?

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Humberto Villa · Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

To owe money means you don't have any and borrowed some, or in other words are in debt. Only three of them are in debt, so Simpson doesn't owe anything.

For who owes more, let's start simple. If someone brrowed a dollar from a friend, they are in debt for a dollar. if they borrowed two dollars they suddenly owe more, two dollars instead of one. So Whatever amount of debt is higher tells the highest amoutn owed. Now, what is the highest amount any of the three remaining owe? well, 143 < 178 < 203, so 203 is the highest so Cole owes the most.