SOLUTION: You budget $200 for wooden planks for outdoor furniture. Cedar cost $2.50 per foot and pine costs $1.75 per foot. Let x = the number of feet of cedar and let y = the number of fe

Question 1017007: You budget $200 for wooden planks for outdoor furniture. Cedar cost $2.50 per foot and pine costs $1.75 per foot. Let x = the number of feet of cedar and let y = the number of feet of pine. What is an inequality that shows how much of each type of wood can be bought? Graph the inequality. What are three possible amounts of each type of wood that can be bought within your budget?
Answer by JulietG(1812) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2.5x + 1.75y = 200
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Any amounts that fit there will work.
Let's say you want only cedar. Then you would have 200/2.5 = 80 feet of cedar
Maybe you don't mind the pine. 200/1.75 = 114.29'
More likely, you might use pine for the bottom and cedar for the arms. If the bottom needs 100' of pine, you'd have spent 100 x 1.75 = $175 on pine, leaving you $25 for cedar -- 25/2.5 = 10 feet.
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If you're making them to sell, it's worth buying the better quality.
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