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

Let
X-----------------> number of pansies
y-----------------> number of trees

we know that
x=15*8----------> x=120 pansies
y=8 trees

cost of each trees is----------> $20.75
cost of each pansies is------> $2.50/6------> $5/12

[expression to find Katherine’s final cost]=[cost trees]+[cost pansies]
[cost trees]=y*$20.75
[cost pansies]=x*($5/12)   

[expression to find Katherine’s final cost]=y*($20.75)+x*($5/12)
[expression to find Katherine’s final cost]=8*($20.75)+120*($5/12)

[expression to find Katherine’s final cost]=$166+$50
[expression to find Katherine’s final cost]=$216

the answer is 
[expression to find Katherine’s final cost]=y*($20.75)+x*($5/12)
[expression to find Katherine’s final cost]=8*($20.75)+120*($5/12)

Katherine’s final cost is $216

Answer 2

Answer:

Add the cost of pansies to 15 and the cost of trees to 8. Then add them together.

Step-by-step explanation:

That's what I said and I got it correct so there you go, hope this helps.