a town is organizing a fourth of july parade. there will be two sizes of floats in the parade a space of 10 ft will be lift after each float

the two sizes are: 30 ft. and 15 ft.

A: the parade must be at least 150 ft long, but less than 200 ft long. what combinations of large and small floats are possible?

B:large floats cost 600$ to operate. small floats cost 300$ to operate. The town has a budget of 2500$ to operate floats. how does this change your answer to part(A)? what combinations of large and small floats are possible?

Question

a town is organizing a fourth of july parade. there will be two sizes of floats in the parade a space of 10 ft will be lift after each float
 
the two sizes are: 30 ft. and 15 ft. 

A: the parade must be at least 150 ft long, but less than 200 ft long. what combinations of large and small floats are possible?
 
B:large floats cost 600$ to operate. small floats cost 300$ to operate. The town has a budget of 2500$ to operate floats. how does this change your answer to part(A)? what combinations of large and small floats are possible?

anonymous · Answer

Start by adding the distances between the floats to the float length, so they're either 25 or 40 feet long. Then start from there. If they have to be 150 feet, how many of each float would you need?