Question

A painter charges by the square foot and charges you $1,875 to paint a 750 square foot rental house. If you need 1300 square foot rental house painted, how much should the painter charge you to paint the house?

Answer 1

In this question , it is given that

A painter charges by the square foot and charges you $1,875 to paint a 750 square foot rental house.

For 750 square foot, he charges $1875.

So for 1 square foot, he charges

`= (1875)/(750) = $2.50 \ \per \ square \ foot`

And for 1300 square foot, he charges

`= 2.50*1300 = $3250`