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Calculating Total Travel Expenses
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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Calculating Total Travel Expenses
Standard Procedure for Manual Expense Reconciliation
Add:
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 .
To align decimal places with 41.38, rewrite 23.5 as _____.
Match each step for adding .
In , which digit lines up with the ?
Write 23.5 with two decimal digits. Then find .