Greg enjoys maintaining the lawn in his free time and wants to get mulch for his house. He has several flower beds on his property and wants to purchase enough mulch for a 3" cover over the area of the beds. Given the dimensions of the flower beds below, how much mulch will he need to purchase; in cubic yards (rounded to the nearest whole number)? 11'x12' Square footage: 19'x6' Square footage: 21'x4' Square footage: 19'x9' Square footage: 8'x15' Square footage: 25'x9' Square footage: Total Square Footage: Total Cubic Yards (Enter integer greater than decimal value for ft3 ):

Greg enjoys maintaining the lawn in his free time and wants to get mulch for his house. He has several flower beds on his property and wants to purchase enough mulch for a 3" cover over the area of the beds. Given the dimensions of the flower beds below, how much mulch will he need to purchase; in cubic yards (rounded to the nearest whole number)? 11'x12' Square footage: 19'x6' Square footage: 21'x4' Square footage: 19'x9' Square footage: 8'x15' Square footage: 25'x9' Square footage: Total Square Footage: Total Cubic Yards (Enter integer greater than decimal value for ft3 ):

Elementary Geometry For College Students, 7e

7th Edition

ISBN:9781337614085

Author:Alexander, Daniel C.; Koeberlein, Geralyn M.

Publisher:Alexander, Daniel C.; Koeberlein, Geralyn M.

Chapter9: Surfaces And Solids

Section9.4: Polyhedrons And Spheres

Problem 23E: The surface of a soccer ball is composed of 12 regular pentagons and 20 regular hexagons. With each...

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