Question

A bag of garden soil weighs 38 pounds and holds 4 cubic feet. Find the weight of 15 bags in kilograms and the volume of 15 bags in cubic yards.

Answer 1

The weight of 15 bags is 258.21 kilograms.

The volume of 15 bags is 2.222 cubic yards.

Explanation:

Dimensionally speaking, a pound equals 0.453 kilograms and a cubic yard equals 27 cubic feet. We proceed to calculate the weight and the volume of 15 bags by following conversions:

Weight

`x = 15\,bags * (38\,lb)/(1\,bag)* (0.453\,kg)/(1\,lb)`

`x = 258.21\,kg`

The weight of 15 bags is 258.21 kilograms.

Volume

`x = 15\,bags * (4\,ft^(3))/(1\,bag) * (1\,yd^(3))/(27\,ft^(3))`

`x = 2.222\,yd^(3)`

The volume of 15 bags is 2.222 cubic yards.