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:

$Rose =\ 22.00$

Step-by-step 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