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Building Your First Budget - From Paycheck to Plan

Guided Notes (Student)

Maya's $2,600 take-home paycheck opens this worksheet, and her first budget draft comes up $250 short until every dollar, down to a $150 student loan payment, finally gets assigned a job.

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