The <em><u>correct answer</u></em> is:
Her variable expenses can be reduced.
Explanation:
In a household budget, you have fixed expenses and variable expenses.
Fixed expenses are expenses that are the same from month to month, such as a car payment, rent, power bill, etc. These cannot be reduced; if you were to pay less on your car payment, your car would be repossessed; paying less than you owe on the power bill can result in your power being disconnected; etc.
Variable expenses are expenses that are different from month to month, such as food, clothing, shopping, etc. If you are dealing with a situation where your wages are less than you anticipate, you can reduce items within your variable expenses to make sure you have enough money. For example, you can purchase fewer clothes that pay period or cut your grocery bill down.
4(2 - x) > -2x - 3(4x + 1)
8 - 4x > -2x - 12x - 3
-4x + 2x + 12x > -3 - 8
10x > -11
x > -11/10
x > -1.1
Therefore, x = 0 and x = 10 zre solutions to the inequality.
Answer:
Only Elijah's model is correct
Step-by-step explanation:
The data given in the question tells us they have 12 games left on their soccer team. Each one of them tried to simulate the fact by creating some model which look like a balance between quantities.
Elijah placed 3 cubes of value 1 and a cube of value x on one side of a balance. On the other side, he placed 15 cubes of value 1. He was obviously modeling the fact that 15 cubes (games due to play in our case) should be equal to 3 cubes (games already played) plus the x numbers left to play
This model if perfect, since the only way to equilibrate the balance is setting x to 12, the games left to play
Jonathan used a table with 3 x's in a row and a 15 in the second row, trying to model the same situation. To our interpretation, this table doesn't show the number of games left to play. If we equate 3x = 15, we get x=5 which has nothing to do with the situation explained in the question, so this model is not correct.
