SOLUTION: 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 $2500. Write an inequality

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Question 453511: 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 $2500. Write an inequality that illustrates problem and solve. Express answer as an inequality and how you arrived at it.
I tried this $2500=30*60+700/84=8
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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 $2500.
Write an inequality that illustrates problem and solve.
Express answer as an inequality and how you arrived at it.
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Rock cost = 30*60 = $1800
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Tree cost = 84x where x is the number of trees you buy.
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Inequality:
1800 + 84x <= 2500
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84x <= 700
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x <= 8 1/3
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The maximum number of trees you can buy is 8.
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Cheers,
Stan H.