Jimmy is planning to paint the gate of his house. the gate has a glass panel. painting the gate costs $2.50 per square foot. how much will he have to spend to paint the gate?

Third option.

Step-by-step explanation:

Calculate the area of the gate (including the glass panel) which has the shape of a trapezoid.

The formula for calculate the area of a trapezoid is:

Where h is the height, B is the larger base and b is the smaller base.

In this case:

Substituting, you get:

Calculate the area of the rectangular glass panel, with the formula:

Where the lenght is and the width is

Then:

The area he needs to paint is:

If painting the gate costs $2.50 per ft², for 41.49 ft² he will have to spend:

Therefore the answer is the third option.

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