An ice cream company is going to open new stores in Boston San Francisco and New Orleans the monthly cost for a square foot of rental space in each city is as follows Boston is $5.50 San Francisco is $6.75 New Orleans is $4.50 the store and Boston will be 560 square feet the store in San Francisco will be 390 square feet and the store and New Orleans will be 485 square feet find the total monthly rent for these three stores
To find the total monthly rent for all three stores, we need to calculate the cost for each store and sum them up.
For Boston:
Cost for 560 square feet = 560 * $5.50 = $3080
For San Francisco:
Cost for 390 square feet = 390 * $6.75 = $2632.50
For New Orleans:
Cost for 485 square feet = 485 * $4.50 = $2182.50
Total monthly rent for all three stores = $3080 + $2632.50 + $2182.50 = $7895
To find the total monthly rent for these three stores, we need to calculate the cost of rental space for each store and then add them together.
1. For the store in Boston:
- Monthly cost per square foot: $5.50
- Square footage: 560 sq ft
- Cost of rental space: $5.50/sq ft * 560 sq ft = $3080
2. For the store in San Francisco:
- Monthly cost per square foot: $6.75
- Square footage: 390 sq ft
- Cost of rental space: $6.75/sq ft * 390 sq ft = $2632.50
3. For the store in New Orleans:
- Monthly cost per square foot: $4.50
- Square footage: 485 sq ft
- Cost of rental space: $4.50/sq ft * 485 sq ft = $2182.50
To find the total monthly rent, we add up the costs for each store:
$3080 + $2632.50 + $2182.50 = $7895
Therefore, the total monthly rent for these three stores is $7895.