Broccoli and Zucchini Purchase Andre is jo. cbarns of cooking broccoli and zucchini for a large group. He has to spend all $17 he has
and can carry 10 pounds of veggies. Zucchini costs $1.50 per pound and broccoli costs $2 per pound.
One graph shows combinations
of zucchini and broccoli that weigh 10 pounds and the other shows
combinations of zucchini and broccoli that cost $17.
YA
I
6
broccoli (pounds)
1
2
3
8
9
10X
4 5 6
7
zucchini (pounds)
a. Name one combination of veggies that weighs 10 pounds but does not cost $17
D. Name one combination of veggies that costs 517 but does not weigh 10 pounds
How many pounds each of zucchini and broccoli can Andre get so that he spends all $17 and
gets 10 pounds of veggies?

answer:

payment just for service  

→

$

87.12

payment for service including tax

→

$

94.09

explanation:

service only with 20% tip  

→

$

72.6

(

1

+

20

100

)

=

$

87.12

in the opening of the question the word 'service' is associated only with the pretax value.

the closing part of the question asks: how much did she pay for the  

service

−−−−−−  

so technically the answer is  

→

$

72.6

(

1

+

20

100

)

=

$

87.12

however, the intention of the question provider may have been that your answer is to be  

$

87.12

(

1

+

8

100

)

=

$

94.09

to 2 decimal places.

'

payment just for service  

→

$

87.12

payment for service including tax

→

$

94.09

tony b

mar 21, 2017

answer:

trying to explain it another way

explanation:

service charge  

.

→

$

72.60

20% tip  

20

100

×

$

72.60

=

$

14.52

−−−−−−  

←

add

$

87.12

tax  

8

100

×

$

87.12

=

$

6.97

−−−−−  

←

add

$

94.09

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