Doug hop must shovel a pile containing 50 ft squared of sand into a dump truck. With each scoop, he decreases the size of the pile by 16 ft squad. Let x be the of scoop he has shoveled. How much sand is left after 100 scoops? I know the expressionbid 50 - 1/6x but I don't know how to solve
16 ft what?? what do you mean by squad?
To find out how much sand is left after 100 scoops, you can substitute the value of x into the expression. In this case, x represents the number of scoops.
The expression you mentioned, 50 - (1/6)x, represents the amount of sand left after x scoops. Let's substitute x with 100:
Amount of sand left = 50 - (1/6) * 100
Now, let's simplify the expression:
Amount of sand left = 50 - (100/6)
= 50 - 16.67
= 33.33
Therefore, after 100 scoops, there will be 33.33 ft² of sand left in the pile.