Question

Lisa and John Brown bring home $72,000 a year. Write an expression to represent howmuch they make in a month.

Answer 1

The given information is Lisa and John bring home $72,000 a year.

Let's set y the total amount they bring home in a year and m the amount per month.

An expression to represent how much they make in a month (knowing a year has 12 months) will be:

`\begin{gathered} m=(y)/(12) \\ \\ \text{ As we know y=72,000, so:} \\ m=(72000)/(12)=6000\text{ \$/month} \end{gathered}`