Homework Help: algebra

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at 3:58pm.

b. For the first phase of the project, imagine you want to cover the backyard with decorative rock and plant some trees. You need 30 tons of rock to cover the area. If each ton costs $60 and each tree is $84, what is the maximum number of trees you can buy with a budget of $2,500? Write an inequality that illustrates the problem and solve. Express your answer as an inequality and explain how you arrived at your answer.

algebra - PsyDAG, Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 1:34pm
Let x = # trees.

30(60) + 84x ≤ 2500

You can do the explaining.

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