Don signed an apartment lease for &500 per month. his has a budget of $120 per month for food and $150 for utilities. Write an inequality to show the minimum monthly salary Don needs to earn just for living expenses. graph your answer.
500 + 120 + 150 < x
Sue please show me how to graph this answer thank you.
Ms. Sue please,please show me how to graph this answer?
Sorry -- but I don't know how to graph it.
Thank you very much.
To find the minimum monthly salary Don needs to earn for living expenses, we can add up the costs of the apartment, food, and utilities, and set it as an inequality.
Let's break down the costs:
Apartment lease per month: $500
Monthly budget for food: $120
Monthly budget for utilities: $150
To calculate the total living expenses, add these costs together:
Total living expenses = Apartment lease + Monthly food budget + Monthly utilities budget
Total living expenses = $500 + $120 + $150
Total living expenses = $770
Now, we can express the minimum monthly salary Don needs to earn as an inequality:
Salary >= Total living expenses
Salary >= $770
This means that Don's monthly salary needs to be greater than or equal to $770 in order to cover his living expenses.
To graph this inequality, we can draw a number line and mark the point $770 on it with a closed circle to represent "greater than or equal to".
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$770 (closed circle)
Remember, the inequality is Salary >= $770, so any salary greater than or equal to $770 would be graphed to the right of the closed circle.