SOLUTION: Landscaping: at an excavation site a conical pile of earth 9 ft high and 14 ft in diameter at the base must be hauled away by a small truck with a capacity of 2.6 cu yd. How many

SOLUTION: Landscaping: at an excavation site a conical pile of earth 9 ft high and 14 ft in diameter at the base must be hauled away by a small truck with a capacity of 2.6 cu yd. How many

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Question 109079: Landscaping: at an excavation site a conical pile of earth 9 ft high and 14 ft in diameter at the base must be hauled away by a small truck with a capacity of 2.6 cu yd. How many truckloads will it take to transport the soil? Be careful with units.
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
volume=(1/3)(pi)((14/2)^2)(9) cu ft

there are 9 cu ft in a cu yd
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