Enny has a part-time job and her net take-home income is $2000 per month. she needs to allocate her funds to reflect a balanced monthly budget. jenny's main expense categories include rent, utilities, and groceries.
how would jenny best allocate her income for the month?
what categories and in what amounts should jenny allocate her funds to reflect a balanced monthly budget? include the main categories as well as examples of other categories.

To start off with Enny should be living in a small place that pays no more than 700 per month. which leaves you with 1,300. she could even be living somewhere bigger but have a roomie so they could help pay. as for utilities only get what you need. don't be wasting extra money on so called needed things. spend it all wisely. spend no more than 300 or 4. on all that. and groceries. go for deals. go to a grocery store with low prices that offer deals and discounts. use coupons. could spend 250 for a whole month? you really could make it work.

You're asking in the ap section, so i'll give the ap calculus-style answer. alternatively, you can find the vertex of the parabola and use the "y"-coordinate as the answer.

the maximum height can occur at a critical number, that is, a number  such that  .

the derivative of  can be calculated as follows:



find a value of  that is a zero of the derivative:


this is parabola that is opening downward; we can assume there is a maximum at  .

to find that maximum, calculate  .