Question

Dirk, the owner of a landscaping company, is ordering rakes and shovels from an equipment wholesaler. He doesn't want to spend more than $210 total for his purchases. He can get the rakes at a cost of $8 apiece and the shovels at a cost of $24 apiece.
Select the inequality in standard form that describes this situation. Use the given numbers and the following variables.
x = the number of rakes ordered
y = the number of shovels ordered

Answer 1

8x + 24y ≤ 210

(Also x ≥ 0 and y ≥ 0 since he can't order negative quantities.)