Wally and Mike install swimming pools in the summer in a town. They are building a swimming pool that measures 13 and one half feet wide and 22 and one half feet long. ​(a) At the outside edge of the pool is a protective fence. How many feet of fencing would be needed to surround the pool​ area?   ​(b) Kevin discovers that he can buy a packaged box of 90 feet of fencing for $815 or he can buy​ cut-to-order fencing that costs ​$11.20 per foot. Which type of fencing should he​ buy? How much money does he​ save?

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Wally and Mike install swimming pools in the summer in a town. They are building a swimming pool that measures 13 and one half feet wide and 22 and one half feet long.

​(a) At the outside edge of the pool is a protective fence. How many feet of fencing would be needed to surround the pool​ area?
 
​(b) Kevin discovers that he can buy a packaged box of 90 feet of fencing for $815 or he can buy​ cut-to-order fencing that costs
​$11.20 per foot. Which type of fencing should he​ buy? How much money does he​ save?
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