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

Answer:

The weight of 15 bags is 258.21 kilograms.

The volume of 15 bags is 2.222 cubic yards.

Step-by-step 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

$x = 15\,bags \times \frac{38\,lb}{1\,bag}\times \frac{0.453\,kg}{1\,lb}$

$x = 258.21\,kg$

The weight of 15 bags is 258.21 kilograms.

Volume

$x = 15\,bags \times \frac{4\,ft^{3}}{1\,bag} \times \frac{1\,yd^{3}}{27\,ft^{3}}$

$x = 2.222\,yd^{3}$

The volume of 15 bags is 2.222 cubic yards.