A transport company needs to deliver 500,000 pounds of rocks to a construction site. The company owns a set of dump trucks- each with a container in the shape of a rectangular prism (figure A). If each pound of rock has a volume of 0.01 cubic feet, how many dump trucks will it take to transport the rock? Calculate the total volume of rock that the transport company is responsible for. Calculate the maximum volume of each dump truck. How many trucks are needed to deliver the rock in one trip?

Suppose that the right rectangular prism in consideration be having its dimensions as 'a' units, 'b' units, and 'c' units, then its volume is given as:

V = a x b x c

A transport company needs to deliver 500,000 pounds of rocks to a construction site.

The company owns a set of dump trucks- each with a container in the shape of a rectangular prism (figure A).

If each pound of rock has a volume of 0.01 cubic feet.

Then the total volume of rock that the transport company is responsible for.

Volume of rocks = 0.01 x 500,000

Volume of rocks = 5,000 ft³

Then the maximum volume of each dump truck will be

Volume of truck = 12 x 9 x 8

Volume of truck = 864 ft³

Then the number of the trucks are needed to deliver the rock in one trip will be

Number of trucks = 5000 / 864

Number of trucks = 5.787

Number of trucks ≅ 6

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