Question

You budget $200 for wooden planks for outdoor furniture. Cedar costs $2.50 per foot and pine costs $1.75 per foot. Let x= the number of feet of cedar and y= the number of feet of pine. What is an inequality that shows how much of each type of wood that can be bought?

Answer 1

well you now that 200 is your max so you know the innequality sign is going to be less than or equal to. then you know 1.75y is feet of pine, and 2.50x is number of feet of cedar. if you put the equation together then you get 2.50x+1.75y (is less than or equal to) 200