A contractor needs 440 m of nggregate base for a highway construction project. It wil be compacted to a dry unit wnight of 17 8 ANim Ths material is available in a stockpile at a local matenal supply yard at a water content of 8 5%, but is sold by the metric ton and not by cubic meters. I How many tons of oggregate should the contractor purchase? ( 2 A few weeks later, an intense rainstorm increased the water content of the stockpile to 14%. If the contractor orders the same quantity for an identical section of the highway, how many cubie meters of compacted aggregate base will he produce?
A contractor needs 440 m of nggregate base for a highway construction project. It wil be compacted to a dry unit wnight of 17 8 ANim Ths material is available in a stockpile at a local matenal supply yard at a water content of 8 5%, but is sold by the metric ton and not by cubic meters. I How many tons of oggregate should the contractor purchase? ( 2 A few weeks later, an intense rainstorm increased the water content of the stockpile to 14%. If the contractor orders the same quantity for an identical section of the highway, how many cubie meters of compacted aggregate base will he produce?
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