A concrete path of width 1m and thickness 10cm is to be placed around you pool. Find the number of cubic meters of ready mixed concrete required to lay the path.
Additional Info: pool area is 25.75 without concrete around it.
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To find the number of cubic meters of ready mixed concrete required to lay the path, we need to calculate the volume of the path.
First, let's calculate the length of the path. Since the path is placed around the pool, we need to add the length of all four sides of the pool to the pool area.
The pool area is given as 25.75 square meters. Since the pool is rectangular, we need to find the length of each side. This can be done by calculating the square root of the pool area.
√25.75 ≈ 5.075
So, each side of the pool is approximately 5.075 meters long.
To find the length of the path, we need to double the length of each side and add the width of the path. Since there are four sides, we multiply the total length by 4.
Total length of the path = (2 × length + 2 × width) × 4
= (2 × 5.075 + 2 × 1) × 4
= (10.15 + 2) × 4
= 12.15 × 4
= 48.6 meters
Now, let's calculate the volume of the path. The volume of a rectangular prism can be found by multiplying its length, width, and thickness.
Volume of the path = length × width × thickness
= 48.6 × 1 × 0.1
= 4.86 cubic meters
Therefore, approximately 4.86 cubic meters of ready mixed concrete will be required to lay the path around the pool.