SOLUTION: (Algebra)
A family allows 1/3 of its income for housing and 1/4 of its income for food. It budgets a total of $1050 a month for housing and food. What is the family's monthly in
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A family allows 1/3 of its income for housing and 1/4 of its income for food. It budgets a total of $1050 a month for housing and food. What is the family's monthly income?
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let income be
if a family allows of its income for housing and of its income for food, means of its income for housing and of its income for food
if it budgets a total of $ a month for housing and food,means
....solve for
...find common denominator; for and will be
so,the family's monthly income is $
check:
$ of its income for housing, and
$ of its income for food
$ which verifies our answer
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