Question

The parks department is installing a new picnic area that measures 20 yards by 48 feet.

They are going to cover the new picnic area with square pieces of sod.
If the sod costs $11 per square yard, how much will the parks department pay to completely cover the picnic area with sod?

Answer 1

$3520

Explanation:

Conversion

To convert feet to yards, we divide the measurement of feet by 3 hence for dimenaion given as 48 ft, it will be 48÷3=16 yards

The area will be given by the product of length and width and since both measurements are given

A=lw

A=16*20=320 yd²

Cost will be 320*11=$3520

Therefore, the department will have to pay $3520 for the work to be completed