Question

Mr. Rodriguez has a vegetable garden that borders his house. He wants to put a fence around it. It costs $7 per yard for the materials. Evaluate 7(l + 2w)
, where l
is the length and w
is the width of his garden, to find the cost for a garden that has a length of 5 yards and a width of 2 yards.(1 point)
Responses

$63
$63

$98
$98

$16
$16

$39

Answer 1

To find the cost of fencing Mr. Rodriguez's garden, we need to evaluate the expression \(7(l + 2w)\) where \(l\) is the length and \(w\) is the width of the garden.

Given:
- Length (\(l\)) = 5 yards
- Width (\(w\)) = 2 yards

Now, substitute these values into the expression:

\[
7(l + 2w) = 7(5 + 2 \cdot 2)
\]

Calculating inside the parentheses first:

\[
2 \cdot 2 = 4
\]

So now we have:

\[
7(5 + 4) = 7(9)
\]

Now calculating:

\[
7 \cdot 9 = 63
\]

Therefore, the cost for the garden is \(\$63\).

So the correct response is:

**$63**