SOLUTION: A 35 ft by 30 ft pool has just been installed. Your task is to choose a material to border around the pool. The pool border must be uniform in width. a) Let x be the width of

Question 981325: A 35 ft by 30 ft pool has just been installed. Your task is to choose a material to border around the pool. The pool border must be uniform in width.
a) Let x be the width of the border. Write an algebraic expression for the area of the border around the pool.
b) Board members decided that the borders should be 5 feet wide, and they budgeted $6,500 for this project. You can select one of the following possible materials to border the pool.
Outdoor Carpeting: $6 per square foot plus $5 per foot to install edging around the rectangular border

Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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a) B=area of border; x=width of border

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b) x=5ft

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The carpet will cost:
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The edging:
P=perimeter; L=length=45ft; W=width=40ft

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Total cost of carpet border=$4500+$850=$5350
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No other options were given.

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