Ben needs to choose between three brands of shingles to use in the roof. He needs 89 bundles. He needs to take the information about the cost of the crane to determine the cost to use each brand. The crane cost $350 plus an additional $150 for each hour or part hour. The crane can make 4 lifts in one hr. Each lift must weight $650 pounds or less.

Brand A - 75 pounds

Brand B - 80 pounds

Brand C - 85 pounds

What brand of shingle should Ben use?

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Isabella Poole

Mathematics

4 May, 16:39

Ben needs to choose between three brands of shingles to use in the roof. He needs 89 bundles. He needs to take the information about the cost of the crane to determine the cost to use each brand. The crane cost $350 plus an additional $150 for each hour or part hour. The crane can make 4 lifts in one hr. Each lift must weight $650 pounds or less.

Brand A - 75 pounds

Brand B - 80 pounds

Brand C - 85 pounds

What brand of shingle should Ben use?

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Tabetha · Answer 1

Here is the answer to the given problem above. Given the costs of the crane and the additional costs added per hour, the brand of shingles that Ben must use is brand A. 75 pounds. In an hour, the crane can have 4 lifts with 650 pounds per lift so that is a total of 2,600 pounds in an hour. For brand A, Ben can have 34.7 bundles per hour. Hope this answers your question.