SOLUTION: Dennis is building a brick wall that will measure 10 feet by 16 feet. If the bricks he is using
are 3 inches wide and 5 inches long, how many
bricks will it take to build the wal
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Question 875025: Dennis is building a brick wall that will measure 10 feet by 16 feet. If the bricks he is using
are 3 inches wide and 5 inches long, how many
bricks will it take to build the wall?
Please specify the answer okay?
Thanks
Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The area of the brick wall is 10 * 16 = 160 square feet
The area of a brick = 3/12 * 5/12 = 5/48 square foot
Therefore the number of bricks = 160 / 5/48 = (160 * 48) / 5 = 1536
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