A bookkeeper records a positive number to show when a sale is made at a store and a negative number to show when the store has a cost. Which equation could represent how the bookkeeper records the store having 4 shipping costs of $19.42?

Mathematics · College · Mon Jan 18 2021

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Given : 

Shipping cost = $19.42

Number of shipping = 4

 

So, total cost of shipping = 4 × $19.42

= $77.68

Since, a negative sign is used to show when the store has a cost. So, it will be represented as  -$77.68 .