SOLUTION: You need 30 tons of rock to cover the area. If each ton costs $50 and each tree is $84, what is the maximum number of trees you can buy with a budget of $2,400? Write an inequality

Question 436861: You need 30 tons of rock to cover the area. If each ton costs $50 and each tree is $84, what is the maximum number of trees you can buy with a budget of $2,400? 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!
each ton rock $50
required 30 tons
Cost = $1500
cost of each tree = $84
number of trees = x
cost of trees = 84x
Budget = $2400
1500+84x<=2400
84x<= 2400-1500
84x<=900
x<=900/84
x<=10.7
10 trees
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