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On the april 3 billing date, michaelle chappell had a balance due of $ 1495.39 on her credit card. from april 3 through may 2, michaelle charged an additional $ 305.34 and made a payment of $ 800.a) find the finance charge on may 3, using the previous balance method. assume that the interest rate is 1.8 % per month. b) find the new balance on may 3.

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Select the correct answer from the drop-down menu. subtracting 3xy^2 from 8xy^2 gives the same result as the expression. [tex]3xy ^{2} - 8xy ^{2} [/tex][tex] { - 7xy}^{2} - {2xy}^{2} [/tex][tex] {7xy}^{2} - {2xy}^{2} [/tex]