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    The document describes a railway cut that is 200 ft long, 30 ft wide at the bottom, with one side inclined at 45 degrees over 80 ft and the other side inclined at 30 degrees over 60 ft. It asks to find the cost of removing the earth at $2 per 4 cubic yard load, given the trucks' capacity.

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    A railway cut 200 ft. and 30 ft.

    wide at the bottom is made with sloping sides, which are 80 ft. and 60 ft. in length. The 80 ft. side is inclined 45° and and
    the other side is inclined 30° to the horizontal. Find the cost of removing the earth at $2 per load, if the trucks have a capacity of 4 cu. yd.

    Photo by Math Principles in Everyday Life

    Solution:

    Consider the given figure above

    Photo by Math Principles in Everyday Life

    To understand more the problem, it is better to analyze the front side which is a quadrilateral and the base of the prism, and then label further as follows

    Photo by Math Principles in Everyday Life

    If you draw vertical lines from the two upper vertices and horizontal lines from the two lower vertices of a quadrilateral, then it becomes a trapezoid.
    Since the sides and angles of a quadrilateral are given, then we can solve the remaining sides of two right triangles.

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    The area of a trapezoid is


    The area of 45° right triangle is

    The area of 30° right triangle is

    The area of a quadrilateral which is the base of a prism is

    The volume of the earth removed from a railway cut which is the volume of a prism is
    The volume of a prism in cubic yards is

    Therefore, the cost of removing the earth from a railway cut is

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    A football stand 150 yd. long has 20 tiers of seats; each tier has a rise of 2 ft. and tread
    of 3 ft. It is constructed of reinforced concrete with a cross section as shown. Find the
    amount of material used in its construction.
    Photo by Math Principles in Everyday Life

    Solution:

    Consider the given figure above

    Photo by Math Principles in Everyday Life

    The first thing that we need to do is to isolate the given figure which is the 20 tiers of seat section as follows

    Photo by Math Principles in Everyday Life

    At the first layer, there is one block whose dimension is 2' x 3'. At the second layer, there are two blocks. At the third layer, there are three blocks, and so
    on. We need to get the total number of blocks so that we can get the area of the section. Since there's a sequence of number of blocks for each layer by
    arithmetic progression, then we can get the total number of blocks by using the sum of n terms as follows
    The total area of blocks is

    The area of a triangle is

    Hence, the area of the 20 tiers of seat section which is the base of a prism is

    Therefore, the amount of material used for the construction of a football stand which is a prism is

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