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Why does it seem like a yard is so much bigger than 3 bags of soil. What’s the deal

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[-] BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml 63 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] NataliePortland@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 year ago

Yes okay I see it now. Thank you friend

[-] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 1 year ago

A cubic yard is (3ft)^3= 27 cubic feet

[-] NataliePortland@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

Ohhhhh!!! Damn okay. Thank you

[-] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 21 points 1 year ago

No - it's 27 times bigger.

A yard is 3 times bigger than a foot so a cubic yard is 3^3^ (3 cubed) times bigger.

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Edit: Brain fart. retracting.

~~Only 26 times bigger, yes? While their are 27 cubic feet in 1 cubic yard. The original cubic foot needs to be subtracted from the cubic yard if you're saying its "bigger", right?~~

[-] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago

That would be the difference in cubic yard (27-1)

Here we're comparing the total volume. 27 is 27 times bigger than 1 (27 / 1)

[-] Skydancer@pawb.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No, you wee right the first time. It's 27 times as big, or 26 times bigger

[-] morphballganon@mtgzone.com 2 points 1 year ago

No, multiplying doesn't also add one. 1x27=27

[-] reattach@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A yard is 3 feet, so a cubic yard is 3 feet x 3 feet x 3 feet = 27 cubic feet

1 cu yard is 3^3^ cu feet, or 27 cu feet.

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

It's also about 1.4 metric tonnes in weight

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