Question

Maya needs 54 cubic feet of soil for her garden. She already has 4.5 cubic feet of soil. Each bag contains 1.5 cubic feet of soil. How many bags of soil should maya purchase

Answer 1

Maya needs 33 bags

Explanation:

Let's call x the number of bags of soil. If each bag contains 1.5 cubic feet, then "x" bags do not contain a volume of:

1.5x.

As a volume of 4.5 cubic feet has been published.

`y = 4.5 + 1.5x`

We need 54 cubic feet.

Then
`y = 54`

`54 =4.5 + 1.5x`

Now we must solve the equation for x.

`1.5x = 54 -4.5`

`1.5x = 49.5`

`x =(49.5)/(1.5)\\\\x=33\ bags`