Question

Every yard Johnnie mows he earns $7
how many yeards will he have to mow to have no more than $900 in his account

Answer 1

To determine how many yards Johnnie can mow to have no more than $900 in his account, we can set up the following equation:

Let \( x \) represent the number of yards mowed. Johnnie earns $7 for every yard mowed, so we can express his total earnings as:

\[ \text{Total earnings} = 7x \]

We want this to be less than or equal to $900:

\[ 7x \leq 900 \]

Now, to find \( x \), we can divide both sides of the inequality by 7:

\[ x \leq \frac{900}{7} \]

Calculating the right side:

\[ x \leq 128.57 \]

Since Johnnie cannot mow a fraction of a yard, we round down to the nearest whole number:

\[ x \leq 128 \]

So, Johnnie can mow a maximum of **128 yards** to have no more than $900 in his account.