A contractor can spend at most $250 a day on operating costs and payroll. It costs $45 each day to operate the forklift and $60 a day for each crew member. Write an inequality to represent the contractor's budget for the day.

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Step-by-step explanation:

Given: Cost to operate the forklift  per day = $45

Cost for each crew member per day = $65

Let x be the number of crew members.

Then, we have

Total cost = (Cost to operate the forklift  per day)+(Cost for each crew member per day)×(number of crew members)

= 45+65x

Since, the contractor can spend at most $250.

Then, the required inequality: .