Assume the amount you can spend on car payments is 50% of your monthly surplus.
surplus is 773.77
the question is asking that how much can you spend on a car per month?
answer options are:
1: $386.88
2: $233.82
3: $410.20

Ibelieve that c. recording would work best.

2(10 - 13x) + 9x = -34x + 6020 - 26x + 9x = -34x + distributive property-17x = -34x + subtraction property (subtracted 20 from both sides)17x = addition property (added 34x to both sides)x = 40/ division property (divided both sides by 17)