Question

Your brother has $2000 saved for vacation. His airplane ticket is $637.

Write an equality to find how much he may spend for everything else. Let x represent the amount that your brother may spend on everything else.

Answer 1

Answer:1367

Step-by-step explanation:Lets assume the amount spent on everything else be "x".

We know total cost can not exceed $2000.

∴ Forming an inequation to find the amount spent on everything else.

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Now, solving it to find x

Subtracting both side by 637

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∴

Hence, he can spend maximum of $1367 for eveything else.