An owner determined that he needs 4 truck loads of bricks to build his patio. If a truck can carry 8 3/4 cubic yards of bricks, how many cubic yards of bricks will be needed to do the job?
4 * 8 3/4 = 35 cubic yards
To find the total number of cubic yards of bricks needed to build the patio, we can multiply the number of truck loads by the capacity of each truck load.
Given that each truck can carry 8 3/4 cubic yards of bricks, we can convert the mixed number to an improper fraction:
8 3/4 = (8 * 4 + 3) / 4 = 35 / 4
Therefore, each truck load carries 35/4 cubic yards of bricks.
Since the owner needs 4 truck loads, we can simply multiply the truck load capacity by the number of truck loads:
35/4 * 4 = (35 * 4) / 4 = 35 cubic yards.
Therefore, the owner will need 35 cubic yards of bricks to build his patio.