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svet-max [94.6K]
3 years ago
12

The 7th graders at Lincoln Avenue School were helping to renovate a playground for the kindergartners at a nearby elementary sch

ool. City regulations require that the sand underneath the swings be at least 15 inches deep. The sand under both swing sets was only 12 inches deep when they started.The rectangular area under the small swing set measures 9 feet by 12 feet and required 40 bags of sand to increase the depth by 3 inches. How many bags of sand will the students need to cover the rectangular area under the large swing set if it is 1.5 times as long and 1.5 times as wide as the area under the small swing set? Show all of your work. *
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1 answer:
aliina [53]3 years ago
8 0

Answer: The students will need 90 bags of sand to cover the rectangular area under the large swing set.

Step-by-step explanation: First of all the area of the small and large swing sets is given, all measured in feet. The sand under both swing sets was supposed to be 15 inches deep, but was found to be only 12 inches deep. The rectangular area under the small swing set was measured as 9 feet by 12 feet which gives an area measurement of 108 feet squared. In order to fill up this area by an extra depth of 3 inches, the students had to use up 40 bags of sand.

They would need to also fill up the rectangular area under the large swing set by a depth of 3 inches. However, the dimensions are different because the area under the large swing set has its length 1.5 times as long as that of the small swing set and same thing applies to its width, which is also 1.5 times that of the small swing set. This means the dimensions of the large swing set are derived as follows;

Large swing length = 9 * 1.5

Large swing length = 13.5

Large swing width = 12 * 1.5

Large swing width = 18

If the length and width of the rectangular area under the large swing set are now given as L = 13.5 and W = 18, then the area becomes;

Area = L * W

Area = 13.5 * 18

Area = 243 feet squared

We can now apply the ratio of both areas of the different swing sets to determine the correct number of bags of sand needed for the area under the large swing set.

The ratio of both areas is derived as

Ratio = 108 : 243

Ratio = 4 : 9

Let x be the number of bags of sand needed for the area under the large swing set. You now have;

4 : 9 = 40 : x

This can be properly expressed mathematically as,

4/9 = 40/x

By cross multiplication you now have,

4x = 9 * 40

4x = 360

Divide both sides of the equation by 4

x = 90

Therefore, the students will need 90 bags of sand cover the rectangular area under the large swing set.

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