Question

Analyze the following budget, with an income of $750, to determine how much can be spent on food for the month. Month________ Budgeted Amount Food $___ Personal Items $20 Cell Phone $75 Entertainment $85 Car Expenses – Gas, Insurance $260 College Savings $250 a. No more than $70 can be spent on food. B. No more than $75 can be spent on food. C. No more than $80 can be spent on food. D. No more than $60 can be spent on food. Please select the best answer from the choices provided A B C D.

Answer 1

The phrase "no more than" implies upper limit. The correct choice for food budget is: Option D. No more than $60 can be spent on food.

How to find the remaining amount after deduction?

Suppose that you had initial amount as A.

Let you deduce B, C, and D from it.

The remaining amount is obtained by subtraction.

Thus,

Remaining amount  = A - (B + C + D) = A - B - C - D

For the given case, the budget left for food is the remaining amount after all the expenses are reduced from the income.

Income = $750

Expenses except food: $20 + $75 + $85 + $260 + $250 = $690

Thus, budget left is $750 - $690 = $60

This remaining budget is left. The person can spent either full of it on food or less than it, but cannot spend more than it as that person doesn't have more than $60 left.

Thus:

Food budget is no more than $60.

or

Food budget ≤ $60

Thus,

The correct choice for food budget is: Option D. No more than $60 can be spent on food.

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