Question

A contractor is purchasing some stone tiles for a new patio, each tile costs $3 and he wants to spend less than $1000 the size of each tile is 1 square foot, write and inequality that represents the number of tiles he can purchase with a $1000 limit, and the figure out how large the stone patio can be

Answer 1

333.333 Tiles and 333.333 Square Foot

Explanation:

3X <= 1000

X <= 1000/3

X <= 333.333 Tiles

Then

333.333* 1sqt2 = 333.333 Square Foot