Question

A landscaper charges you to $102 to plant 8 bushes in front of your office building. If you decide to put 12 more of the same bushes around the building, how much should the landscaper charge you to plant those bushes?

A. $130.50
B. $153.00
C. $170.00
D. $255.00

Answer 1

The answer is 153.00.

Answer 2

D. $255

Explanation:

We have been given that a landscaper charges you to $102 to plant 8 bushes in front of your office building.

First of all, we will find cost of planting one bush by dividing 102 by 8 as:

`\text{Cost to plant 1 bush}=(\$102)/(8)`

`\text{Cost to plant 1 bush}=\$12.75`

Since you want to plant 12 more bushes, so number of total bushes would be 20 (8+12).

To find cost of planting 20 bushes, we will multiply $12.75 by 20.

`\text{Cost of planting 20 bushes}=\$12.75* 20`

`\text{Cost of planting 20 bushes}=\$255`

Therefore, the landscaper will charge you $255 to plant all bushes and option D is the correct choice.