The Sales of Various Types of Lawn and Garden Items

question 15

Multiple Choice

The sales of various types of lawn and garden items vary according to the season.At a certain home improvement store, the monthly sales H of garden hoses (hoses sold per month) declines from July to October whereas the monthly sales of lawn rakes R (rakes sold per month) increase during this same interval.The sales of these two items during the calendar months July-October are modeled by the equations: H(t) = 64 - 6t
R(t) = 17t - 97,
Where t is the month (t = 7 corresponds to July) .In which month does the number of rakes sold equal the number of hoses sold?

• A) August
• B) September
• C) October
• D) November
• E) July

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