Question

The bed of a dump truck has dimensions shown below the truck is delvering salt to a city in preperation for a snowstorm if the city needs 800 cubic feet of salt how many trips will they need to make

Answer 1

5 trips

Explanation:

The volume of bed of dump truck :

From the dimension given in the attached picture ;

Volume of bed = 4 ft * 8 ft * 6 ft = 192 ft³

This means dump truck can convey 192 ft³ of salt per trip

Number of trips required to convey 800 ft³ of salt :

800 ft³ / 192 ft³

= 4.166

= 5 trips