GCU mat-144

Nicole wants to cover her rectangular patio in cement. The patio measures 6 yd long and 4 yd wide. She knows the area each bag of cement covers, but only in square meters. (a) Find the area of Nicole's patio in square meters. Do not Conversion facts for length round intermediate computations and round your final answer to two decimal places. Use the table of conversion 1 inch (in) - 2.54 centimeters (cm) facts, as needed. 1 foot (ft) - 30.48 centimeters (cm) 1 yard (yd) ~ 0.91 meters (m) 1 mile (mi) ~ 1.61 kilometers (km) (b) Nicole wants to cover her patio in cement. She doesn't have Note that ~ means "is approximately equal to". any to begin with and she can't buy partial bags of cement. For this problem, treat ~ as if it were =. Each bag of cement covers 2.6 m . How many whole bags of cement does Nicole need to buy to completely cover her patio? bags (c) If each bag of cement costs $7.26, how much will she need to spend on cement? Write your answer to the nearest cent. X