Question

Julianne has a weekly food budget of $$231$for her family. If she plans to budget the same amount for each of the seven days of the week, what is the maximum amount she can spend on food each day?

Short answer

The amount of money spent in a week is$\$33.$

Step-by-step solution

Step 1. Given information

Total food budget is $\$231$per week.

We need to find the money spent in a week so that the budget is same for each day.

Step 2. Solving the inequality

Let $s$be the amount of money spent each day on food .

Therefore,

According to the question,

$$\begin{gathered} 7s\le 231 \\ s\le \frac{231}{7} \\ s\le 33 \end{gathered}$$