A gardener is planning to fill her garden with mulch. She plots it on a grid to plan how much she will need. The garden is in th
e shape of a rectangle with vertices at (2, 5) (8, 5) (8, 3) and (2, 3). One bag of mulch covers 6ft2 and costs $5.25. How much will it cost her to cover her garden?
First is to know length and width of the rectangular garden. length of the garden is difference in the x coordinates L = 8 - 2 = 6 ft while the width is the difference in the y coordinates
w = 5 - 3 = 2 ft
now we can solve the area of the rectangular garden. A = Lw A = 6 x 2 = 12 sq ft
The right triangle: The right triangle has one 90 degree angle and two acute (< 90 degree) angles. Since the sum of the angles of a triangle is always 180 degrees... The two sides of the triangle that are by the right angle are called the legs... and the side opposite of the right angle is called the hypotenuse.
