Chapter 1: Introduction to Algebra: Signed Numbers 
Numbers in the Real World

College Costs

What is the total of the expenses shown in the graph?
How much of the total expenses are college related?
How much of the total expenses are not directly related to college expenses?

Show how you can compute the answer for the last question using addition.  And then by using subtraction.
 
 

Search the Web for tuition/fee information of other colleges.  Find a public college with resident tuition/fee costs of $500 more than SJSU.   Find a college with $500 less tuition/fees.

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