Question

one day on her vacation in france, stephanie wants to purchase coffee and a sandwich at the local bistro. although stephanie has more money, she only has $20.00 left in her daily allotted budget for this day. the coffee she wants to purchase is $4 over her remaining allotted amount for drinks and the sandwich is $3 over her remaining allotted amount for food. this means than stephanies spending budget would be at -4 for drinks and at -3 for food if she purchases both items. what would stephanies combined drink and food budget be at if she decides to purchase both items? choose the equation that correctly represents the situation and answers the question. a 20 - 4 - 3 = 13 b -4 - 3 = -7 c -3 - 4 - 20 = -27 d 10 - 17 = -7

Explanation:

Step1: Identify over - budget amounts

The over - budget amount for drinks is $4$ (represented as $- 4$) and for food is $3$ (represented as $- 3$).

Step2: Calculate combined over - budget

We need to find the combined over - budget for drinks and food. We add the two over - budget amounts together. The operation is $-4+( - 3)=-4 - 3$.

Step3: Simplify the expression

$-4-3=-7$.

Answer:

B. $-4 - 3=-7$