Given: Balance of Finch's card is = -$210.
This is 3 times the balance on Mr. Nguyen's credit card.
To find: -210/3.
Explanation:
Let the balance on Mr. Nguyn's card be = x.
The balance of Mr. Finch's card is 3 times Mr. Nguyen's card.
Mathematically this can be expressed as:
[tex]-210=3x[/tex]Now, the value of x or "Mr. Nguyen's credit card balance" can be calculated as:
[tex]\begin{gathered} x=\frac{-210}{3} \\ x=-70 \end{gathered}[/tex]Therefore, the term -210/3 represents Mr. Nguyen's credit card balance and its value is -$70.
Final Answer: The term -210/3 represents Mr. Nguyen's credit card balance and its value is -$70.
