document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=893054>Question 893054</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A 20 km long, 8 m wide, two-lane highway is to be paved with a 4 cm thick layer of asphalt. A fleet of three dumptrucks is to be employed, each with an empty mass of 20 metric tons and a carrying capacity of 20 m^3. Asphalt with a density of 0.72 g/cm^3 will be used. Determine …\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a.the total volume of asphalt needed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b.the number of dumptruck loads required<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c.the gross mass of each truck </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #541115 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=541115\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This will maybe misunderstand the \"two-lane highway\" part, but the volume of asphalt is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=20000%2A8%2A0.04%2Am%5E3=highlight%286400%2Am%5E3%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"20000%2A8%2A0.04%2Am%5E3=highlight%286400%2Am%5E3%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of asphalt.  That is for VOLUME of the asphalt.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "MASS of the asphalt:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Again, as said, I may be misunderstanding the \"two-lane highway\" part of the description.  I have assumed that each lane is 4 m wide and that the highway has two of these lanes.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(CORRECTED EARLIER MISTAKE) </SPAN>\n" );
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