Axia College Material

Appendix D
Landscape Design
Landscape designers often use coordinate geometry and algebra as they help their clients. In many
regions, landscape design is a growing field. With the increasing popularity of do-it-yourself television
shows, many homeowners are becoming amateur landscape artists.

Imagine you are a homeowner getting ready to sell your home. You realize there are some landscaping
problems you want to address so your home will sell quickly and you can get the best price. After making
this decision, you realize there are many things to consider when landscaping the backyard, such as
budget, time, and space.

Application Practice
Answer the following questions. Use Equation Editor to write mathematical expressions and equations.
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1. You are planning to spend no less than $6,000 and no more than $10,000 on your landscaping
project.

a. Write an inequality that demonstrates how much money you will are willing to spend on
the project.

6000 ¿ x≤ 10,000

b. For the first phase of the project, imagine you want to cover the backyard with decorative
rock and plant some trees. You need 30 tons of rock to cover the area. If each ton costs $60 and
each tree is $84, what is the maximum number of trees you can buy with a budget of $2,500?
Write an inequality that illustrates the problem and solve. Express your answer as an inequality
and explain how you arrived at your answer.

x= number of trees x ¿ 29. 84 goes into 2500

29.7 times, 29 or fewer trees.

c. Would five trees be a solution to the

inequality in Part b? Justify your answer.

Yes, it is less than 29

2. The coordinate graph of the backyard shows

the location of the trees, plants, patio, and utility
lines. If necessary, you may copy and paste the
image to another document and enlarge it.

a. What are the coordinates of Tree A,

Plant B, Plant C, Patio D, Plant E, and Plant
F?

A(20,20) B. (-20,-4)C(-10,-14)D(12,12)E(8,-8)F(18,-12)

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b. The water line is given by the equation
2
y=− x−12
3
Imagine you want to put a pink flamingo lawn ornament in your backyard. You want to avoid
placing it directly over the water line in case you need to excavate the line for repairs in the future.
Could you place it at the point (-4,-10)?
Yes you could because it would not lie directly on the line but it would be kind of close to the line.
Also, (-4,-10) is not a solution which should also be considered.

c. What is the slope and y-intercept of the line in Part b? How do you know?
Slope- intercept form is y=mx+b, m is slope and B is the intercept. M=2/3, b=-12

d. Imagine you want to add a sprinkler system and the location of one section of the
sprinkler line can be described by the equation

1
y=− x−4
2
Complete the table for this equation.

x y (x,y)
-6 -1 (-6,-1)
-2 -3 (-2,-3)
0 -4 (0,-4)
2 -5 (2,-5)
8 -8 (8,-8)

e. What objects might be in the way as you lay the pipe for the sprinkler?

The Plant E = (8,-8) and Plant F= (18,-12) would be in the way.

Y(8)= (-1/2) 8-4=-4(-4)=-8 PLANT E

Y(18)=(-1/2) 18-4=-9-4=-13 CLOSE TO PLANT F

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