1. Your company needs to lease office space in two buildings. The annual cost is $24.75 per square foot in the first building that is near downtown and $17 per square foot in the second building that is located just outside of town. The company has $95,000 budgeted for rent. Write an equation that models the possible amounts of space rented in the buildings.
a) Identify your variables
b) Write your equation in Standard form
c) Solve your equation
d) Write your answer in sentence form.
2. How many square feet of space can be rented in the first building if 2650 square feet are rented in the second?