{"id":271733,"date":"2025-07-26T06:30:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T06:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=271733"},"modified":"2025-07-26T06:30:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T06:30:37","slug":"a-landscaping-company-mows-x-properties-per-month-for-m-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/26\/a-landscaping-company-mows-x-properties-per-month-for-m-months\/","title":{"rendered":"A landscaping company mows x properties per month for m months"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A landscaping company mows x properties per month for m months. For each property, landscape maintenance starts at c dollars. If the company charges y dollars per square yard and the average lawn area per property is z square yards, which of the following expressions represents the monthly revenue of the landscaping company?<br>Axyz + c<br>(yz + c)x<br>(yz + c)mx<br>(xyz + c)m<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct expression for the monthly revenue of the landscaping company is <strong>(yz + c) x<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Revenue from maintenance<\/strong>: The maintenance for each property starts at <strong>c<\/strong> dollars. This is a fixed cost for each property, regardless of the lawn size.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Revenue from lawn area<\/strong>: The company also charges <strong>y<\/strong> dollars per square yard for the area of the lawn. Given that the average lawn area per property is <strong>z<\/strong> square yards, the revenue from each property&#8217;s lawn area is <strong>y * z<\/strong> dollars.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Total revenue per property<\/strong>: For each property, the total revenue is the sum of the maintenance cost <strong>c<\/strong> and the lawn area revenue <strong>y * z<\/strong>. Thus, the total revenue for one property is <strong>yz + c<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Total revenue for x properties per month<\/strong>: If the company mows <strong>x<\/strong> properties per month, the total monthly revenue from mowing all properties is <strong>(yz + c) * x<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Revenue over m months<\/strong>: Since the company works for <strong>m<\/strong> months, the total revenue over all m months would be <strong>(yz + c) * x * m<\/strong>. But for monthly revenue, you would focus on the revenue per month, which is <strong>(yz + c) * x<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Hence, <strong>(yz + c) x<\/strong> is the correct expression representing the company&#8217;s monthly revenue. This is the sum of the fixed maintenance charge and the variable charge based on the lawn area, multiplied by the number of properties mowed each month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A landscaping company mows x properties per month for m months. For each property, landscape maintenance starts at c dollars. 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