Question

The city of Maywood has decided to limit the amount of trash thrown out each month. If the city has a goal of creating less than 50,000 lbs of trash, how much trash should a household be limited to?

a) 3280x + 1500 < 50,000
b) 13,280x + 1,5001 < 50,000
c) 11,500x + 3820 ≤ 50,000
d) 3280x + 1,500 ≤ 50,000

Answer 1

To limit the amount of trash thrown out each month to less than 50,000 lbs, a household should be limited to 3280x + 1,500 lbs of trash, where x represents the number of households.

Step-by-step explanation:

d) 3280x + 1,500 ≤ 50,000.

To limit the amount of trash thrown out each month to less than 50,000 lbs, a household should be limited to 3280x + 1,500 lbs of trash, where x represents the number of households.

In option d), the expression 3280x represents the weight of trash produced by x number of households, and the term 1,500 represents a constant, possibly the weight of other types of waste. The inequality ≤ 50,000 ensures that the total weight of trash produced by the households does not exceed 50,000 lbs.