SOLUTION: 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 cos

Question 312604: 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.
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1 ton rock = $60
30 tons cost $1800
..
Letnumber of trees be x
so cost of trees = 80x
..
1800+80x < 2500
80x<700
x< 8.33
SO 8 trees can be bought in the budgeted amount
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