Question

Katherine is landscaping her home with juniper trees and pansies. She wants to arrange 15 pansies around each of 8 trees. Each tree costs $20. 75 and a six-pack of pansies costs $2. 50. Explain how to write an expression to find katherine’s final cost.

Answer 1

The pansy cost is the cost for 15 pansies multiplied by 8 trees, then divided by the number of pansies in a pack: 20.75(8) + 2.50(15)(8) 6. Check all that you included in your response. Katherine needs 15(8) pansies. The total cost of the trees is 20.75(8).