Question

The owner of a garden center pays $12 for each birdbath. She sells them for 55% more than she paid. Decide whether each expression represents the selling price for b birdbaths.

Answer 1

For this case, the first thing we should do is define a variable.

We have then:

• b: number of birdbaths

The cost of b birdbaths is given by:

$12b$

She sells them for 55% more than she paid. Therefore, the sale price is given by:

$12b + 0.55 (12b)$

Rewriting we have:

$1.55 (12b)$

Answer:

the selling price for b birdbaths is:

$1.55 (12b)$