An excavator is preparing to dig a basement for a new house. Part of his contract reads that he dirt he removes while digging the basement in an EPA approved landfill. He will dig a hole that is 40.0 feet wide by 80.0 feet long must dispose of all the and 7.5 feet deep. He first uses his shovel and scoops up 1.00 kg of dirt, and then determines that the dirt has a volume of 600 cm3. The excavator knows that his dump truck can only carry 8,000 kg of dirt. How many dump-truck loads will it take to haul the dirt away?
An excavator is preparing to dig a basement for a new house. Part of his contract reads that he dirt he removes while digging the basement in an EPA approved landfill. He will dig a hole that is 40.0 feet wide by 80.0 feet long must dispose of all the and 7.5 feet deep. He first uses his shovel and scoops up 1.00 kg of dirt, and then determines that the dirt has a volume of 600 cm3. The excavator knows that his dump truck can only carry 8,000 kg of dirt. How many dump-truck loads will it take to haul the dirt away?
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An excavator is preparing to dig a basement for a new house. Part of his contract reads that he dirt he removes while digging the basement in an EPA approved landfill. He will dig a hole that is 40.0 feet wide by 80.0 feet long must dispose of all the and 7.5 feet deep. He first uses his shovel and scoops up 1.00 kg of dirt, and then determines that the dirt has a volume of 600 cm3. The excavator knows that his dump truck can only carry 8,000 kg of dirt. How many dump-truck loads will it take to haul the dirt away?
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