Question

A highway had a landslide where 3,000 cubic yards of material fell on the road, requiring 200 dump truck loads to clear away. On another highway a slide left 40,000 cubic yards of material on the road. How many dump truck loads will be needed to clear this slide?

Answer 1

3,000 yd3 = 200 dtl

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Rates Question

12 A highway had a landslide, where 3,000 cubic yards of material fell on the road, requiring 200 dump truck loads to clear. On another highway, a slide left 40,000 cubic yards on the road. How many dump truck loads would be needed to clear this slide?

3,000 yd3 = 200 dtl

40,000 yd3 × 200 dtl = 2,667 dtl

3, 000 yd3