A rectangular garden of area 408 square feet is to be surrounded on three sides by a brick wall costing $12 per foot and on one side by a fence costing $5 per foot. Find the dimensions of the garden such that the cost of the materials is minimized. To minimize costs, the length of the side with a fence should be feet and the length of the other side should be feet. MORTO Enter your answer in each of the answer boxes.

A rectangular garden of area 408 square feet is to be surrounded on three sides by a brick wall costing $12 per foot and on one side by a fence costing $5 per foot. Find the dimensions of the garden such that the cost of the materials is minimized. To minimize costs, the length of the side with a fence should be feet and the length of the other side should be feet. MORTO Enter your answer in each of the answer boxes.

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012

1st Edition

ISBN:9780547587776

Author:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Publisher:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Chapter10: Measurement, Area, And Volume

Section10.1: Triangles

Problem 18E

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