If a gardener can plant 12 flowers in 3 pots, he needs to plant 52 flowers. If each pot costs $5, what is the total cost of all the pots needed?
Options
A
$13
B
$55
C
$65
D
$115
Answer & Analysis
Answer
C
Analysis
To solve this problem, we need to determine
how many pots needed to plant 52 flowers and then calculate the total cost
based on the rate of $5 per pot.
Find the number of pots needed:
Given: The gardener plants 12 flowers in 3
pots.
To find out how many pots () needed for
52 flowers, we can set up the proportion:
Then solve for :
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