A window box shaped like a rectangular prism has a length of 12 feet, a width of 9 feet, and a height of 9 feet. If one bag contains 2 cubic feet of soil, how many bags of soil must you buy to fill the window box? If each bag of soil costs $4.97, what is the cost of filling the window box? (show work)

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Boyer

1 December, 12:43

A window box shaped like a rectangular prism has a length of 12 feet, a width of 9 feet, and a height of 9 feet. If one bag contains 2 cubic feet of soil, how many bags of soil must you buy to fill the window box? If each bag of soil costs $4.97, what is the cost of filling the window box? (show work)

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Tiana Huffman · Answer 1

The volume of the window box (12*9*9=972) so you need to divide (972/2=486). Then for price you will need to times that by price so (486*4.97=2145.42).

Your answers are: It will take 486 bags to fill the window box and it will cost $2145.42