One cubic foot of sand weights 100 pounds. A square sandbox with 5-foot sides has half of a food of sand in it. How many pounds
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You can use a tangent:
We have opposite = 17 and adjacent = x.
substitute:
cross multiply
multiply both sides by √3
divide both sides by 3
Use the Pythagorean theorem:
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Other method.
triangle.
The sides are in the ratio
Therefore