SOLUTION: Imagine you want to cover a backyard with decorative rock and plant some trees. You need 30 tons of rock to cover the area. If each ton costs $75 and each tree is $93, what is the

Question 318755: Imagine you want to cover a backyard with decorative rock and plant some trees. You need 30 tons of rock to cover the area. If each ton costs $75 and each tree is $93, 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.
I have been trying to figure out the above question for days this is what I came up with
$75x$93= $6,957 but I went over the budget. What am I doing wrong? Thank You
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The cost of rock=, where is the number of tons of rock you buy.
The cost of trees=, when is the number of trees you buy.
Total Cost=, you know you have to buy 30 tons of rock, so .
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Since is about , then you can only buy 2 trees once you buy all of the rock.

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