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

$16
$16

$39
$39

$63
$63

$98

1 answer

To evaluate the expression 7(l + 2w), we substitute l = 5 and w = 2.

7(5 + 2(2))

= 7(5 + 4)

= 7(9)

= 63

So, the cost for the garden is $63.