Cost of fencing a rectangular lot with unequal side costs

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Fencing around a rectangular parking lot costs twice as much along the side facing the street than the other three sides. The fencing along the back of the lot costs $10 per meter. Express the cost C of the fence as a function of the width w if the length of the street side of the parking lot is 20m longer than the width.

Here is the best I could come up with..

C(w)=(3w+2/3w)$10+(w+2/3w)$20

How does that look?
 
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