Derek Company gathered the following reconciling information in preparing its September bank reconciliation: Cash balance per books, 9/30 $3,365
Deposits in transit 300
Notes receivable and interest collected by bank 853
Bank charge for check printing 27
Outstanding checks 1,588
NSF check 132
Find the adjusted cash balance per books on September 30.

Select the correct answer.

$4,059
$2,771
$2,077
$2,903

Ok here we go ..there are plenty of ways to solve such math problems but we will go for the smartest and easiest ..5x+2y=7  -2x+6y=9we rearrange them into the following ..by multiplying the 1st equation by 2 it becomes 10x + 4y = 14we rearrange it and so it becomes 10x = 14 - 4yas for the second equation we multiply it by 5 and rearrange it so it becomes as to the following ..-10x + 30y = 45rearranging so 10x = 30y -45now 10x equals both 14 - 4y and 30y -45so   14 - 4y = 30y -4531 = 26yy= 31/26 = 1.19 or around 1.2so by now we can calculate x easily as  -2x+6y=9so 2x = 6y -9 = 6 * 31/26 - 9 = -1.84  then x = - 0.92 or around -0.9best luck!