Problem: mathew is planning a vacation trip to london next year from today for 5 days , he has calculated he would need about $ 3000 for expenses , including a round - trip plane ticket from l . a to london . he nets around $ 1500 monthly in gross income , after all bills are paid , he is left with about $ 350 each month free for whatever he desires . how much money would mathew need to evenly save from his $ 350 to have $ 3000 in his bank within 12 months ?
Rationale: answer is ( d ) . if mathew is left with about $ 350 after all expenses each month , he would need to divide the total expense budget to london ( $ 3000 ) by 12 months to determine how much he would need to put away every single month to hit his target . $ 3000 / 12 = $ 250 .
annotated_formula: divide(3000, 12)