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Which of these people has balanced their checkbook correctly? oa. gary: the balance in his check register is $500 and the balance in his bank statement is $500. b. gail: the balance in her check register is $400 and the balance in her bank statement is $500. c. gavin: the balance in his check register is $500 and the balance in his bank statement is $510.

Patty made a name tag in the shape of a parallelogram. reilly made a rectangular name tag with the same base and height. explain how the areas of the name tags compare.

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