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Read the Paragraph Below and Answer the Questions That Follow

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Read the paragraph below and answer the questions that follow.
(1) Learning to make a budget is the key to managing your hard-earned money. (2) First, select your budget period, usually a week or a month. (3) Second, estimate your income for that time period as accurately as you can. (4) Include not only your salary after payroll deductions, but the least you expect to make from other sources, such as tips, bonuses, and commissions. (5) Third, add up all your expenses for the budget period. (6) Be sure to add in your fixed costs ⎯ like rent, utilities, tuition, and taxes ⎯ as well as savings. (7) Also include your variable expenses. (8) The most difficult ones to estimate, variable expenses include all your nonfixed living costs, from money for food and transportation to planned events like vacations and less predictable ones like medical and home repair bills. (9) Fourth, subtract your expenses from your income to see whether you need to adjust your budget. (10) If your expenses are greater than your income, look for ways to cut costs ⎯ for example, on clothing. (11) If your income is greater than your expenses, you have the luxury of splurging or saving extra money for that car or trip you have always wanted. How many steps are in the process?

Definitions:

Serviced

The act of performing maintenance or repair work on a vehicle or machinery to ensure it operates correctly.

Trailer Component

A part or element used in the construction or assembly of a trailer, such as axles, brakes, or lighting systems.

Tractor Chassis

The main structural frame of a tractor, to which all other components and systems are attached or supported.

Kingpin

(1) The linkage pin used in a steering knuckle that permits the assembly to pivot, or the tempered steel, coupling pin mounted on a trailer upper coupler that engages with fifth wheel jaws; (2) The lugged pin built into a trailer upper coupler assembly that engages to jaws in a fifth wheel assembly, permitting articulation at the fifth wheel. Forged from middle alloy steels and tempered. In North America, a kingpin is usually welded into the upper coupler; elsewhere, it is more often bolted.