Company charges a flat rate of $120 per hour. Green Thumb Landscapers charges $70 per hour plus $1600

You would want to pick company A because after 13 hours you would have $1600  

Explanation:

the roman republic began to expand when rome fought the punic wars and defeated carthage. the punic wars refer to the series of 3 wars fought among rome and carthage, before it ended in carthage's defeat.