Question

A landscaping company placed two orders with a nursery. The first order was for 13 bushes and 4 trees and totaled $411

Answer 1

Cost of 1 bushes = a = $9

Cost of 1 tree = b = $73.5

Explanation:

Given:

13 bushes and 4 trees cost = $411

Missing;

6 bushes and 2 trees cost = $201

Find:

Value of bushes and tree

Computation:

Cost of 1 bushes = a

Cost of 1 tree = b

So,

13a + 4b = 411 ...........eq1

6a + 2b = 201 ................eq2

From Eq1 and Eq2

Cost of 1 bushes = a = $9

From eq 1

13a + 4b = 411

13(9) + 4b = 411

Cost of 1 tree = b = $73.5