17 POINTS Braxton opened up his checking account with $500. On Monday, he withdrew $120 to purchase a pair of shoes. On Wednesday, he deposited a $50 check he received for school supplies from his aunt Becky. On Friday, he used his debt card to buy a $5 basketball ticket. What is Braxton checking account balance now?

This problem can be solved with a series of additions and subtractions.

The starting value is 500 and we first subtract 120 because on Monday they withdrew 120 dollars which leaves us with 380 dollars.

Next, we add 50 because on Wednesday they deposited 50 dollars which results in 430.

And, If I am not mistaken, we are done because when Braxton bought their basketball ticket, they used their debt card and did not withdrew from their checking account.

So, the answer is 430 dollars.

this story was prepared by jim

mccullaugh in los angeles and

al stewart in new york.

new york the colossal success of "top gun" appears to have dramatically altered madison avenue's

perception of corporate sponsorship

of home video projects.

the paramount home video re- lease, featuring a 60- second diet

pepsi spot, was by no means the

first prerecorded video to carry an advertiser's plug, but it was the

first major theatrical release to do so. in the aftermath of the title's

success, paramount is widely ex- pected to ink a similar deal for

"crocodile dundee" or "star trek

iv" or both.

corporate america's new attraccds push british

recording sales

to 19% gain

london fueled by the compact

disk boom, the value of u.k. manu- facturer shipments of recordings

rose 19% in the 12 -month period ended march 1987, according to the

british phonographic industry.

total value of u.k. shipments for

the period was $755 million for all

configurations. (all value figures

are based on an exchange rate of

$1.68 to the pound sterling.)

cd sales totaled 10.7 million units

worth $121.3 million- compared

with 3.7 million units worth $39.5

million in the prior 12 months -and

accounted for two -thirds of the

overall gain in trade value. at present growth rates, says the bpi, cd

sales for calendar 1987 will reach 20

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