Question

Shelley plans to enclose the patio with fencing. If fencing costs $5 per meter, how much will it cost to enclose the patio?

Answer 1

$120 because the fencing of the patio would use up eight squares and each square in the picture is 3 meters so we would need 24 meters of fencing to cover up the entire patio. Since it cost $5 for one meter, 5*24 is $120

Explanation:

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Answer 2

$120

Explanation:

The complete question is

Shelley designed the patio below, in which one side of the patio is a wall of the house. The length of each side of a square on the grid represents 3 meters.

Shelley plans to enclose the patio with fencing. If fencing costs $5 per meter, how much will it cost to enclose the patio?

$40

$60

$120

$180

The picture in the attached figure

Find the perimeter of the patio in units (without the wall of the house)

`P=(6+12+6)=24\ m`

Multiply the perimeter by the cost of the fencing per meter

`24(5)=\$120`