Chapter 1.2, Problem 17G

What would the ending balance be if we remove the $200 cash withdrawal from 5/8?

At some point in elementary school, you were taught to remember rules for adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers. But did you ever try to understand why those rules make sense? In previous classes, you might have been so focused on remembering rules that you never really thought about them. Our goal is to understand why rules make sense. Let’s see if our study of bank statements can shed some light on this important subject.