Homework Help: math

Posted by jaz on Friday, October 29, 2010 at 10:53am.

Julian is interested in building a new house. Three architects have given him plans. The first plan is for a house that will be 2,250 square feet. The total cost of the house will be $281,250. The second plan is for a house that will be 2,400 square feet. The total cost of the second house will be $288,000. The third plan is for a house that will be 2,500 square feet. The total cost of the third house will be $305,000. If Julian wanted to choose the plan with the least expensive cost per square foot, which would he choose?

math - Ms. Sue, Friday, October 29, 2010 at 10:56am
Divide the cost of each house by its square footage. That will tell you the cost per square foot.
math - Steph, Friday, October 29, 2010 at 11:00am
i divided 2,250/281,250=0.008 idk if im doing it right??
math - Ms. Sue, Friday, October 29, 2010 at 11:13am
You did it backwards. Obviously the house doesn't cost less than a penny per square foot.

http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS308&q=281%2C250+%2F+2250&aq=f&aqi=h1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=CkYGfpuTKTIbDAYWaiwOzi6nkDwAAAKoEBU_QMeKq
math - akira, Friday, October 29, 2010 at 6:58pm
1559 9 plas
math - Lexo, Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 5:42pm
The second plan is the best one

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