SOLUTION: Suppose you bought a 100-foot fence that you wanted to put around a square section of yard that will be used as a garden. The side length of your garden is 13 feet. The fencing wa
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Question 948055: Suppose you bought a 100-foot fence that you wanted to put around a square section of yard that will be used as a garden. The side length of your garden is 13 feet. The fencing was on sale for $12.60 per foot.
A. Draw a diagram representing this situation.
B. How much fencing is left over?
C. How much did you pay for the fencing you did not use? Show your work.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the length of a side =
The perimeter is
ft
(b)
You used 52 ft of fencel
48 feet of fence was left over
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(c)
You paid $604.80 for the fence
you did not use
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