A family earns $ 1800 a month. The family’s expenses are at least $ 1250. Write and solve an inequality to find the possible amounts the family can save each month.
To find: We are asked to write and solve an inequality to find possible amounts the family can save each month.
Answer to Problem 22P
The possible amount the family can save as $550 or less.
Explanation of Solution
Given information: A family earns $1800 per month. The family expenses are minimum $1250.
Calculation:
We know saving is earning- expense.
Let savings is ‘$ x’
We can rewrite it as
Here it is given earning is $1800, expense is minimum $1250.
So, we can set up inequality as
Let’s solve the inequality by subtracting both sides 1250.
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