Question

Alexandro received two quotes for new carpet for his home. The quote from Home Depot is $0.20 less per square foot than the quote from Lowe's. If Alexandro plans to buy 1,300 square feet of carpet, how do his total costs from the two companies compare? *

Answer 1

Total cost as per Lowe's is $260 more than that of Home Depot.

Explanation:

Given that:

Alexandro received two quotes for new carpet.

One from Home Depot and other from Lowe's.

Let quote from Home Depot =
`\$x` per sq foot

As per question statement,

The quote from Lowe's =
`\$x`+0.20 per sq foot

Alexandro plans to buy 1,300 square feet of carpet.

Total Cost as per Home Depot's quote =
`\$1300x`

Total Cost as per Lowe's =
`\$(x+0.20)* 1300 = \$1300x + \$260`

Now taking the difference of the total cost:

Lowe's total cost - Total cost as per Home Depot.

`\$1300x+\$260 - \$1300x \\\Rightarrow \$260`

So, the answer is:

Total cost as per Lowe's is $260 more than that of Home Depot.