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.
550
550
To find the possible amounts the family can save each month, we need to consider that the family's expenses are at least $1250, which means they spend no less than $1250.
Let's set up an inequality to represent this scenario. Let's use 'S' to denote the amount the family can save.
The amount the family earns minus the amount they spend should be greater than or equal to the amount they save.
So we have: Income - Expenses >= Savings.
The family earns $1800 a month, spends at least $1250, and saves 'S'. Therefore, the inequality is:
1800 - 1250 >= S.
Simplifying this inequality gives:
550 >= S.
This inequality implies that the amount the family saves, 'S', must be less than or equal to $550 to satisfy the given conditions.