Question

The Department of Streets of a city has a budget of $1,962,800 for resurfacing roads and hiring additional workers this year.

Answer 1

Answer:

84,000 m + 36,000 p = 1,962,800

Step-by-step explanation:

Let m denotes number of miles of 2-lane roads the department could resurface and p denotes number of workers hired by the department of Streets of a city.

The cost of resurfacing a mile of 2-lane road is estimated at $84,000.

So,

Cost of resurfacing m miles of 2-lane road = $84,000 m

The average starting salary of a worker in the department is $36,000  a year

So,

Total salary paid to p workers = $36,000 p

Now, total amount is equal to $1,962,800.

84,000 m + 36,000 p = 1,962,800