Daija is looking to fertilize her 24,000 square foot lawn. Super Lawn fertilizer costs $18.49 and covers 6,000 square feet. Quick Fertilizer costs $23.99 and covers 8,000 square feet.

A.) Cheaper Fertilizer is Quick Fertilizer

B.) The cheaper fertilizer now cost $ 61

Step-by-step explanation:

The exact question is as follows :

Given - Daija is looking to fertilize her 24,000 square foot lawn. Super Lawn fertilizer costs $18.49 and covers 6,000 square feet. Quick Fertilizer costs $23.99 and covers 8,000 square feet.

To find - A.) Which fertilizer would be cheaper for Daija to purchase to fertilize her entire lawn?-Show your work or explain your answer.

               B.) Daija has a 15% off coupon on the cheaper fertilizer. Excluding sales tax, what is the new cost of the fertilizer? Round to the nearest cent.

Proof -

A.)

Given that,

Total lawn that have to be fertilize = 24,000

Now,

Super Lawn fertilizer costs $18.49 and covers 6,000 square feet.

i.e.

6000 square feet = $ 18.49

⇒4×6000 square feet = $ 4×18.49

⇒24000 square feet = $ 73.96

∴ we get

Super Lawn costs $ 73.96

Now,

Quick Fertilizer costs $23.99 and covers 8,000 square feet.

i.e.

8000 square feet = $ 23.99

⇒3×8000 square feet = $ 3×23.99

⇒24000 square feet = $ 71.97

∴ we get

Quick Fertilizer costs $ 71.97

As we get

Super Lawn costs $ 73.96

Quick Fertilizer costs $ 71.97

As $ 71.97  < $ 73.96

So,

Cheaper Fertilizer is Quick Fertilizer

B.)

As we get from part a) that

Quick Fertilizer is cheaper and it costs $ 71.97

So,

15% of 71.97 = 10.7955

∴ we get

Now,

Quick fertilizer cost = $ 71.97 - 10.7955

                                 = $ 61.1745 ≈ $ 61

So,

After applying the 15% coupon,

The cheaper fertilizer now cost $ 61