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

The cost of resurfacing a mile of 2-lane road is estimated at $84,000. The average starting salary of a worker in the department is $36,000 a year.

2. Take the equation you wrote in the first question and:

b. Solve for m. Explain what the solution represents in this situation.