Fencing a garden A square vegetable garden is to be tilledand then enclosed with a fence. If the fence costs $1 per footand the cost of preparing the soil is $0.50 per ft, determinethe size of the garden that can be enclosed for $120.

Given that the square garden needs to be tiled and enclosed with fence where the cost of fence is $1…

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Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry

13th Edition

ISBN:9781133382119

Author:Swokowski

Publisher:Swokowski

Chapter2: Equations And Inequalities

Section2.3: Quadratic Equations

Problem 65E

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Fencing a garden A square vegetable garden is to be tilled and then enclosed with a fence. If the fence costs $1 per foot and the cost of preparing the soil is $0.50 per ft, determine the size of the garden that can be enclosed for $120.