THE BEARDS BUDGET IS SHOWN AT THE RIGHT.THEIR HOUSE PAYMENT IS RASIED 120. THEIR INCOME WILL BE NO MORE THAN IT IS NOW,SO THEY PLAN ON SUBTRACTING AN EQUAL AMOUNT FROM EACH OF THE OTHER CATEGORIES.HOW MUCH WILL BE AVAILABLE TO SPEND ON BILLS?
BEARDS BUDGT
ITEM Amount
house 650
food 300
bills 250
other 140

Question

THE BEARDS BUDGET IS SHOWN AT THE RIGHT.THEIR HOUSE PAYMENT IS RASIED 120. THEIR INCOME WILL BE NO MORE THAN IT IS NOW,SO THEY PLAN ON SUBTRACTING AN EQUAL AMOUNT FROM EACH OF THE OTHER CATEGORIES.HOW MUCH WILL BE AVAILABLE TO SPEND ON BILLS?
                     BEARDS BUDGT
                  ITEM          Amount
              house             650
              food               300
              bills                250
              other               140

anonymous · Answer

So if you add 120 to house budget, you must remove a total of 120 from everything else to keep the total the same. So its removing a total of $120 from food, bills and other. The same will be taken from each of these three. So how much is taken from each one?

anonymous · Answer

120 right

anonymous · Answer

No, 120 is taken from all three equally, so how much is taken from each one?

anonymous · Answer

20

anonymous · Answer

You are dividing 120 among three. So that's 120/3