Susie is going to rent an apartment in Smallville, where other monthly expenses will sum up to $2831. Susie makes $8609 each month.
Write the inequality for the possible amounts of money Susie can spend renting her apartment in Smallville in order for Susie to have some money left over each month.
Use x to represent the cost of the rent in Smallville and don't use the $ symbol in the inequality.