After moving into a new house, a couple wants to have a concrete patio poured to support a hot tub, because... well, because it's a hot tub. The plans call for a 9 ft by 17 ft slab of concrete 6 inches thick. How many cubic feet of concrete will be needed? Round to two decimal places if necessary. Rounding to two decimal places if necessary, they will need concrete. (Choose one) of X E6 8

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After moving into a new house, a couple wants to have a concrete patio poured to support a hot tub, because... well,
because it's a hot tub. The plans call for a 9 ft by 17 ft slab of concrete 6 inches thick. How many cubic feet of concrete wil
be needed? Round to two decimal places if necessary.
Rounding to two decimal places if necessary, they will need
concrete.
(Choose one) ▼ of
X
5
181.
Transcribed Image Text:After moving into a new house, a couple wants to have a concrete patio poured to support a hot tub, because... well, because it's a hot tub. The plans call for a 9 ft by 17 ft slab of concrete 6 inches thick. How many cubic feet of concrete wil be needed? Round to two decimal places if necessary. Rounding to two decimal places if necessary, they will need concrete. (Choose one) ▼ of X 5 181.
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We need to make a concrete patio.

It is a cuboid structure, with length L=9 ft, width W=17 ft and height H=6 inches

Now, 

1 inch=112feet

So, 6 inches=612=0.5 feet

So, we have:

L=9 ftW=17 ftH=0.5 ft

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