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An employee is reconciling an expense report that includes two taxi receipts: one for $23.5 and another for $41.38. Using the standard decimal addition procedure, calculate the total cost of these receipts and identify the specific placeholder digit that must be added to 23.5 to ensure the decimal points are correctly aligned.
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When setting up the addition problem , a placeholder zero is added to 23.5 to make it 23.50. Which digit in 41.38 aligns vertically with this placeholder zero?
To add , first write 23.5 as 23.50. Which whole-number addition matches this step?
0.5 is equal to 0.50.
Put these steps in order to find .
Match each step for adding with what it does.
To align decimal places with 41.38, rewrite 23.5 as _____.
You are adding . Since 41.38 has two decimal digits and 23.5 has only one, you place a zero after the in 23.5 before adding. What does 23.5 become, and what is the sum?