Question

Denise needs to move some bags of gardening soil from her garage to her mother's garden. The topsoil weighs 50 pounds per bag and the mulch weighs 35 pounds per bag. The wagon she is using can only carry up to 645 pounds. Let t represent the number of bags of topsoil and m represent the number of bags of mulch. Which expression below describes the number of bags she can transport at one time using the wagon?

Answer 1

7t+3m
`\leq` 330

Explanation:

Answer 2

50t + 35m ≤ 645

Explanation:

The topsoil weighs 50 pounds per bag and the mulch weighs 35 pounds per bag.

Now, the wagon Denise is using can only carry up to 645 pounds.

If t represents the number of bags of topsoil and m represents the number of bags of mulch, then the inequality can be written to model the situation is

50t + 35m ≤ 645 ....... (1)

Hence, the expression in equation (1) describes the number of bags she can transport at one time using the wagon. (Answer)