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)

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Responses

$98
$98

$39
$39

$63
$63

$16

Answer 1

To find the cost of the fence for Mr. Rodriguez's garden, we need to evaluate the expression \( 7(l + 2w) \) with \( l = 5 \) yards and \( w = 2 \) yards.

First, substitute the values of \( l \) and \( w \) into the expression:

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

Now calculate \( 2(2) \):

\[ 2(2) = 4 \]

So now we can compute \( l + 2w \):

\[ l + 2w = 5 + 4 = 9 \]

Next, we calculate \( 7(l + 2w) \):

\[ 7(l + 2w) = 7(9) = 63 \]

Thus, the cost for the fence materials is \( \boxed{63} \).