Mrs.Williams is going to purchase a plastic cover for her outdoor fish food pond.The area of the fish pond is 25m2.However ,she must purchase a cover that is 12% more than the pond area in order to cover the entire edges of the pond.The plastic cover costs $4.75 per square meter.About how much will Mrs.Williams spend for the plastic cover?
1.12 * 25 * 4.75 = $_________
To find out how much Mrs. Williams will spend on the plastic cover, we need to calculate the total area of the cover.
First, let's calculate the additional area needed to cover the entire edges of the pond. Since the cover needs to be 12% more than the pond area, we can calculate this additional area using the formula:
Additional Area = Pond Area * 12%
Substituting the given values:
Additional Area = 25m^2 * 12%
Next, let's calculate the total area of the plastic cover by adding the pond area and the additional area:
Total Area of Cover = Pond Area + Additional Area
Now we can substitute the values into the formula:
Total Area of Cover = 25m^2 + (25m^2 * 12%)
To find the cost of the plastic cover, we multiply the total area of the cover by the cost per square meter:
Cost of Cover = Total Area of Cover * Cost per square meter
Finally, substituting the values:
Cost of Cover = (25m^2 + (25m^2 * 12%)) * $4.75
Calculating this expression will give us the amount that Mrs. Williams will spend on the plastic cover for her fish pond.