Question

A customer buys bouquets of tulips and bouquets of roses for $.. What is the price of a bouquet of roses?

Answer 1

Question:

A customer buys bouquets of tulips and bouquets of roses for $40.25. The bouquet contained 17 tulips and cost $18.25. What is the price of a bouquet of roses?

Answer:

`Rose =\$22.00`

Explanation:

Given

`Total = \$40.25`

`Tulips = \$18.25`

Required

The cost of a bouquet of roses

Since the customer bought a bouquet each, the formula to use is:

`Total = Tulip + Rose`

Make Rose the subject

`Rose =Total - Tulip`

`Rose =\$40.25 - \$18.25`

`Rose =\$22.00`

A bouquet of rose costs $22.00