SOLUTION: a carpet cleaner charges $60 for the first room and $40 for additional room. a customer doesn't want to spend more than $200 for having the carpets in his house cleaned. solve the

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Question 818159: a carpet cleaner charges $60 for the first room and $40 for additional room. a customer doesn't want to spend more than $200 for having the carpets in his house cleaned. solve the inequality. How much will it cost and how many rooms can the customer actually clean

Answer by richwmiller(17219)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
4*40=160
60+160=220
so at most the first room plus up 3 other rooms
200=40x+60
140=40x
divide by 20
7/2=x
3.5 round to whole number

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