Um.. listen to the teacher more
Her estimate is lower than her actual cost because her total is 72.87 she is off by 1.72 because she only added 42,17,and 12 and forgot all about adding the cent or the .60,.38,and the .89.
Well 1/3 for savings means that you save 1/3*4500 or 1500 dollars.
You then have $3000 left. Of this if you spend 50% on food, you spend 0.5*3000 or 1500 dollars on food.
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397.02 this is the exact answer hope this helped you