A city spends $15 million on a beach nourishment project that adds 1.8 million cubic yards of sand to 3 miles of beach. What is the cost per cubic yard of sand? (1 point)

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$8.33 per cubic yard
$8.33 per cubic yard

$12.00 per cubic yard
$12.00 per cubic yard

$0.60 per cubic yard
$0.60 per cubic yard

$5.00 per cubic yard

Answer 1

To find the cost per cubic yard of sand, you can use the following formula:

$$\text{Cost per cubic yard}=\frac{\text{Total cost}}{\text{Total cubic yards of sand}}$$

Plugging in the values:

$$\text{Cost per cubic yard}=\frac{15,000,000\text{ dollars}}{1,800,000\text{ cubic yards}}$$

Calculating that:

$$\text{Cost per cubic yard}=\frac{15,000,000}{1,800,000}=8.33\text{ dollars per cubic yard}$$

So the cost per cubic yard of sand is $8.33 per cubic yard.