dolores is selling cucumbers from her backyard garden her garden is 48 square feet in total and she can grow 1 cucumber every 72 square inches if she can successfully grow cucumbers in every square foot of the garden and sell them for $2.50 each how much will she make?
Mathematics · High School · Tue Nov 03 2020
llm
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Given :
Area of garden = 48 ft²
Area required for 1 cucumber = 72 in²
1 ft = 12 inches
So, 48 ft² = 48 × 12 × 12
= 6912 in²
Now, number of cucumbers = (6912/72)
= 96
Price of 1 cucumber = $2.50
So, price of 96 cucumbers = 96 × 2.50
= $240