Question

A building supply company sells sand by the cubic yard. The price of one cubic yard of sand is $33.75. What do you think the price of one cubic foot of sand should be?

Answer 1

$911.25

Explanation:

We know:

1 yd = 3 feet

So, 1 cubic yards should be *THREE* times the power of what the initial scale factor is, 3 cubed. That would make it:

1 yd = 3 feet

1^3 yd = 3^3 feet

1 cu. yd. = 27 cu. ft.

That means, the price of 1 cubic feet of sand is 27 times of the price of 1 cubic yd price

33.75 * 27 = $911.25