Question

Mrs. Kelly creates a garden. She buys 15 flowers and 3 bushes for a total cost of $160.32. Each bush costs $11.50 more than each flower. How much does each bush cost?

Answer 1

Each bush costs $18.49

Step-by-step explanation:

Mrs. Kelly creates a garden

• She buys 15 flowers and 3 bushes for a total cost of $160.32
• Each bush costs $11.50 more than each flower

We need to find how much each bush costs

Assume that the cost of each flower is $x and the cost of each

bush is $y

∵ She by 15 flowers and 3 bushes for a total cost $160.32

∵ The cost of each flower is $x

∵ The cost of each bush is $y

∴ 15x + 3y = 160.32 ⇒ (1)

∵ Each bush costs $11.50 more than each flower

- That mean equate y by x plus 11.50

∴ y = x + 11.50 ⇒ (2)

Now we have system of equations to solve it

Substitute y in equation (1) by equation (2)

∵ 15x + 3(x + 11.50) = 160.32

- Simplify the left hand side

∴ 15x + 3x + 34.5 = 160.32

- Add like terms in the left hand side

∴ 18x + 34.5 = 160.32

- Subtract 34.5 from both sides

∴ 18x = 125.82

- Divide both sides by 18

∴ x = 6.99

Substitute the value of x in equation (2) to find y

∵ y = 6.99 + 11.5

∴ y = 18.49

Each bush costs $18.49

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