{"id":271859,"date":"2025-07-26T07:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T07:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=271859"},"modified":"2025-07-26T07:52:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T07:52:11","slug":"if-stellas-balance-in-the-account-was-98-21-at-the-beginning-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/26\/if-stellas-balance-in-the-account-was-98-21-at-the-beginning-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"If Stella&#8217;s balance in the account was $98.21 at the beginning of the month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>$109.78, $25.23, $53.64, $14.62, $60.17<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Stella&#8217;s balance in the account was $98.21 at the beginning of the month, what was the account balance at the end of the month?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To calculate Stella\u2019s account balance at the end of the month, you need to start with the beginning balance and then add or subtract the deposits and withdrawals for the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stella&#8217;s initial balance is $98.21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deposits and withdrawals are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Deposit: $109.78<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deposit: $25.23<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Withdrawal: $53.64<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Withdrawal: $14.62<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deposit: $60.17<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s perform the calculation step by step:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Start with the initial balance:<\/strong> 98.2198.21<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Add the first deposit:<\/strong> 98.21+109.78=207.9998.21 + 109.78 = 207.99<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Add the second deposit:<\/strong> 207.99+25.23=233.22207.99 + 25.23 = 233.22<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Subtract the first withdrawal:<\/strong> 233.22\u221253.64=179.58233.22 &#8211; 53.64 = 179.58<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Subtract the second withdrawal:<\/strong> 179.58\u221214.62=164.96179.58 &#8211; 14.62 = 164.96<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Add the final deposit:<\/strong> 164.96+60.17=225.13164.96 + 60.17 = 225.13<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, the account balance at the end of the month is <strong>$225.13<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This process is simple: starting with the initial balance, you add deposits and subtract withdrawals. 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The correct answer and explanation is: To calculate Stella\u2019s account balance at the end of the month, you need to start with the beginning balance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-271859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271859\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}