Wally and Mike install swimming pools in the summer in Manchester-by-the-sea. They are building a swimming pool for Kevin Baird that measuers 14 1/2 ft wide and 23 1/2 ft long. a) at the outside edge of the pool is a protected fence. How many feet of fencing would be needed to surround the pool area? b)Kevin discovered that he can buy a packaged box of 90 ft of fencing for $859 or he can buy cut to order fencing for $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 Manchester-by-the-sea. They are building a swimming pool for Kevin Baird that measuers 14 1/2 ft wide and 23 1/2 ft long.

a) at the outside edge of the pool is a protected fence. How many feet of fencing would be needed to surround the pool area?

b)Kevin discovered that he can buy a packaged box of 90 ft of fencing for $859 or he can buy cut to order fencing for $11.20 per foot. Which type of fencing should he buy? How much money does he save?

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