Each side of a sandbox is 9 feet long. It will cost $2.00 per square foot to replace the sand in the sandbox. What would be the total cost to replace the sand?Each side of a sandbox is 9 feet long. It will cost $2.00 per square foot to replace the sand in the sandbox. What would be the total cost to replace the sand?
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Since each side of the sandbox is 9 feet long, the sandbox is a square. To find the area of a square, we multiply the length of one side by itself. So, the area of the sandbox is 9 feet * 9 feet = 81 square feet. Show more…
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