While Mrs. Poppington was visiting the historic battleground at Gettysburg, she talked with the landscapers who were
replacing the sod in a park near the visitor center. The part of the lawn being replaced isshown in the diagram at right.
Measurements are in yards. The diagram is not drawn to scale, but all corners are right angles.
a. Use your ruler to make a scale drawing of the lawn that is being replaced. Letinch equal 1 yard.
b. How many square yards of sod will be needed?
c. At $2.43 a square yard, how much will the sod cost?
d. The area will be surrounded by a temporary fence which costs $0.25 per linear foot. How many feet will be needed, and how much will it cost?
e. What will be the total cost of materials for the sod and fencing?