SOLUTION: The cost of fertizing a law is $0.25 per square foot. Find the cost to fertilize the triangular lawn whose base is (8+sqrt 13) feet and altitude is sqrt 52 feet.

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Question 1096841: The cost of fertizing a law is $0.25 per square foot. Find the cost to fertilize the triangular lawn whose base is (8+sqrt 13) feet and altitude is sqrt 52 feet.
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Answer by jorel1380(3719) About Me  (Show Source):
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1/2 * 8√13 * √52=4√676=104 sq.ft.
104*.25=$26 to fertilize the lawn
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Answer by MathTherapy(10557) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The cost of fertizing a law is $0.25 per square foot. Find the cost to fertilize the triangular lawn whose base is (8+sqrt 13) feet and altitude is sqrt 52 feet.
I guess some of these people take pleasure in providing wrong answers, or they just don't know any better. The answer is NOT $26.

Considering that this is a right-angled triangle, area = 

Cost to fertilize lawn: