SOLUTION: 6. A contractor orders 8 cubic yards of premixed cement, all of which is to be used to pour a patio that will be 4 inches thick. If the length of the patio is specified to be twic

Question 1118754: 6. A contractor orders 8 cubic yards of premixed cement, all of which is to be used to pour a patio that will be 4 inches thick. If the length of the patio is specified to be twice the width, what are the patio dimensions? (1 cubic yard = 27 cubic feet)
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
cubic feet of cement

thickness of the patio

The other two patio dimensions are:
2w, length
w, width

EQUATION: or more simply .
Finding width and length will follow from that...
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