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:
[tex]Rose =\$22.00[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
Given
[tex]Total = \$40.25[/tex]
[tex]Tulips = \$18.25[/tex]
Required
The cost of a bouquet of roses
Since the customer bought a bouquet each, the formula to use is:
[tex]Total = Tulip + Rose[/tex]
Make Rose the subject
[tex]Rose =Total - Tulip[/tex]
[tex]Rose =\$40.25 - \$18.25[/tex]
[tex]Rose =\$22.00[/tex]
A bouquet of rose costs $22.00