Question

Luke has a compost pit in his garden. The pit is 6 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 4 feet deep. She plans to make it 1.5 feet deeper.

What will be the increase in the volume of the pit?
Answer
27 cubic feet
36 cubic feet
99 cubic feet
108 cubic feet

Answer 1

given;
original: l=6 ;w=3; h=4
plan of increase; l=6; w=3 ; h=4+1.5=5.5

solution= (volume of the plan of increase - volume of the original)
V =(6)(3)(5.5) - (6)(3)(4) = ? solve. . .

Answer 2

27 cubic feet