Question

Harolds mother, who lives across the street, is pouring a concrete driveway, 18 feet wide and 9 inches thick, from the street straight to her house. This is to much work for Harold to do in one day, so his mother has agreed to buy 4 cubic's yards of concrete each saturday for 4 consecutive saturday. How far is it from street to her house? Round your final answer and intermediate calculations to the nearest whole number is necessary.

Answer 1

Using feet for all measurements, we have

18 * 3/4 * length = 4*27*4
length = 32 ft