The excavation
The excavation for the city sewer was 38 m long, 2.2 m wide, and 3 m deep. a) How many cubic meters of soil were dredged b) How many journeys had to be made by one car when removing the soil if they loaded an average of 4.5 m of cubic soil on each journey?
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