Marco wants to build house. United Building Company is offering the rate of $15.75 per square foot + an additional conference fe
e costing $45.99 an hour. American Contracting Company offers a rate of $12.46 per square foot and a $230 flat conferencing fee. If the conference last 4 hours and 15 minutes and the house is 12,226 square feet. How much will it cost for each company? Round to the nearest cent
Let us take the case of United Building Company First Rate per square foot = $15.75 Conference fee taken per hour = $45.99 Total conferencing hours = 4 hours and 15 minutes = 4.15 hours Total square feet of the house = 12226 square feet Then The total cost taken by the company = (15.75 * 12226) + ( 45.99 * 4.15) dollars = 192559.5 + 190.86 dollars = 192750.36 dollars So the total amount taken by United Building Company is $192750.36 dollars Now let us take the case of American Contracting Company Rate per square foot taken = $12.46 Flat conferencing fee taken = $230 Then The total cost taken by the company = (12.46 * 12226) + 230 = 152335.96 + 230 dollars = 152565.96 dollars So the total cost taken by the American Contracting Company is $152565.96.
