Question

Ernesto's Gardening Service hauls wood chips in a pickup truck. The pickup truck has a

rectangular bed with an area of 35 square feet. Ernesto fills the truck bed to a height of 2

feet with wood chips. What is the volume of wood chips in the pickup truck?

Answer 1

Volume of wood chips in the pickup truck is
`70` cubic units.

Explanation:

Given that,

The pickup truck rectangular bed with an area of
`35` square feet.

Height of wood chips is
`2` feet.

From the question,

The shape formed by combination of rectangular bed and wood chips is a cuboid shape.

So, Volume of cuboid is
`= l* b* h` cubic unit.

Then, Volume of wood chips
`=Area* height`

`= 35 * 2=70` cubic units.

Therefore, Volume of wood chips in the pickup truck is
`70` cubic units.