Path Length

Seriously?

bobsal u1553115,

I have been out of school a long time. Please provide some hints to for me to start. Thanks.

Seems like you ought to be asking your teacher for help...

9x9x4x X x Y. Guess what X is. Guess what Y is.

Count the bricks in the pile. (9*9*4 bricks)

How many inches is 4 ft (hint 12 inches in a foot) so 1 foot of walk would have an area of 4*12*12 in^2

Divide this by 32 in^2 a brick

so 1 foot of walk takes 4*12*12 (in^2)/32 (in^2) bricks

So the number of feet of walk you can lay is the number of bricks you have divided by the number of bricks required per foot.

For beginning math students I recommend reading Poyla's wonderful book "How to Solve It". Ask your teacher where to get a copy, but here is a link to the rules.

http://math.berkeley.edu/~gmelvin/polya.pdf

Rap

Thanks raprap.

Thanks bobsal u1553115