SOLUTION: 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 th

Question 281042: 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.
Would five trees be a solution to the inequality in Part b? Justify your answer.

Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What do we know ?
30 tons of rock at $60 a ton
trees at $84 each
budget 2500
30*60+84x<=2500
x<= 25/3 which is a fraction (1/3) more than 8
5 trees is within the budget but not the maximum.
8 is the maximum number of whole trees that can be bought within the budget
RELATED QUESTIONS
Suppose you want to cover the backyard with decorative rock and plant some trees as the... (answered by mangopeeler07)

I am having a really hard time trying to learn Algebra. Need assistace Please. For... (answered by stanbon,Eviecker)

b. For the first phase of the project, imagine you want to cover the backyard with... (answered by mananth)

b. For the first phase of the project, imagine you want to cover the backyard with... (answered by Theo)

I am having serous trouble with writing equations. Please help me with this one?... (answered by vleith)

Suppose you want to cover the backyard with decorative rock and plant some trees. You... (answered by jojo14344)

Suppose you want to cover the backyard with decorative rock and plant some trees as the... (answered by Mathtut,jim_thompson5910)

Suppose you want to cover the backyard with decorative rock and plant some trees as the... (answered by jim_thompson5910)

Suppose you want to cover the backyard with decorative rock and plant some trees as the... (answered by stanbon)

You want to cover a backyard with decorative rock and plant some trees. You need 30 tons... (answered by Fombitz)