Question

I want to fence in a square vegetable patch. The fencing for the east and west sides cost $7 per foot, and the fencing for the north and south sides cost $4 per foot. Find the total cost (I'm dollars) of the fencing as a function of the length (in feet) of a side x.

Answer 1

The total cost of the fencing is a function of the length of a side x (feet) is  10x + 14y.

How to find the perimeter?

The perimeter is made by adding the south, north, east, and west side.

Given that

The cost of fencing for the east and west sides is $7 per foot, and the cost of fencing for the north and south sides is only $5 per foot.

We have to find total cost of the fencing is a function of the length of a side x (feet).

The east and west fencing cost is $7/ft but the south and north fencing cost is $5/ft.

x = north and south fencing

y = the east and west sides, then you can get this equation.

Total cost= (south +north) × 5 + (east+ west) × 7

Total cost =(x + x) × 5 + (y+ y) × 7

Total cost = 5(2x) + 7(2y)

Total cost = 10x + 14y

Hence, the total cost of the fencing is a function of the length of a side x (feet) is 10x + 14y.

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