The plans for a concrete patio call for a 14 ft by 12 ft slab of concrete 4 inches thick, which has a total volume of 2.07 cubic yards. The contractor estimates the amount needed at 3 cubic yards. If concrete costs $119.42 per cubic yard, find the cost of wasted concrete. Round to the nearest cent. The cost of the wasted concrete would be $ rounded to the nearest cent. X

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The plans for a concrete patio call for a 14 ft by 12 ft slab of concrete 4 inches thick, which has a total volume of 2.07
cubic yards. The contractor estimates the amount needed at 3 cubic yards. If concrete costs $119.42 per cubic yard, find
the cost of wasted concrete. Round to the nearest cent.
The cost of the wasted concrete would be $
rounded to the nearest cent.
X
Transcribed Image Text:The plans for a concrete patio call for a 14 ft by 12 ft slab of concrete 4 inches thick, which has a total volume of 2.07 cubic yards. The contractor estimates the amount needed at 3 cubic yards. If concrete costs $119.42 per cubic yard, find the cost of wasted concrete. Round to the nearest cent. The cost of the wasted concrete would be $ rounded to the nearest cent. X
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It is given that the total volume of the slab is 2.07 cubic yards and the volume estimated by the

contractor is 3 cubic yards. This means that the concrete is wasted as the contractor wrongly

estimated the volume of the slab.

We have to evaluate the cost of the concrete which is wasted when the cost of concrete is given

to be $119.42 per cubic yards.

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