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)

Question

, 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 evaluate the expression \(7(l + 2w)\), we need to substitute the given values of \(l\) (length) and \(w\) (width).

Given:

• \(l = 5\) yards
• \(w = 2\) yards

Now substituting these values into the expression:

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

First, calculate \(2w\):

\[ 2w = 2(2) = 4 \]

Now substituting this back into the equation:

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

Now multiply:

\[ 7 \times 9 = 63 \]

Therefore, the cost for the garden is $63.

The correct response is: \[ \text{$63} \]