Question

For a one-way trip, the trucking company charges a flat rate of $250 per truck, plus $1.25 for every mile driven. The apparel company has a budget of less than $950 per trip. find inequality.

Answer 1

Trucking company charges a flat rate of $250 per truck

and $1.25 for every mile driven

The company has a budget of less than $950

Let the truck drive for x miles in that one way trip then we can write

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Hence the required inequality is

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Answer 2

Let the number of miles driven be x miles.

One way trip cost is $250 + $1.25 for every mile driven.

If number of miles driven is x then cost of driving x miles at the rate of $1.25 every miles is 1.25x

It is given the apparel company has a budget less than $950

we can write it as an inequality equation as :

250+1.25x<950

Solving the inequality for x we subtract 250 both sides

1.25x<950-250

1.25x<700

x<560

Numbers of miles driven is less than 560 miles