document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1021141>Question 1021141</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A trench is 150m long and 10m deep, 6m wide at the top and 3m at the bottom. How many cubic meters of earth have been removed? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Looking at the face of the trench<BR>\n" );
document.write( "it can be divided into a rectangle in <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the middle of two triangles.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Area of rectangle = 3m x 10m = 30 m^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Area of two triangles together <BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/2 (3 x 10) = 15 m^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Total face area = 30 + 15 = 45 m^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Face area x Length<BR>\n" );
document.write( "45m^2 x 150m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 6750 m^3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is the amount of earth removed.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hope this helps :-) </SPAN>\n" );
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