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.