SOLUTION: A protected wilderness area in the shape of a rectangle is 3 kilometers long and 3.7 kilometers wide. The forest is to be surrounded by a hiking trail that will cost $11,000 per mi

Question 1171572: A protected wilderness area in the shape of a rectangle is 3 kilometers long and 3.7 kilometers wide. The forest is to be surrounded by a hiking trail that will cost $11,000 per mile to construct. What will it cost to install the trail? Note that 1 mile is 1.6 kilometers (km).
Answer by ikleyn(52788) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Calculate the perimeter in kilometers.

Then divide it by 1.6 to convert to miles.

Then multiply by $11000 to get the answer.

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