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    Quote Originally Posted by bogan View Post
    Yeh my head told me that would make it more than 7.8 though. But a calculator tells me it would make 7.9, close enough.
    7.89240140895...not that I'm obessive compulsive or anything you unnerstand
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    Quote Originally Posted by slofox View Post
    7.89240140895...not that I'm obessive compulsive or anything you unnerstand
    nah, neither am I

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    Quote Originally Posted by bogan View Post
    nah, neither am I

    7.892401408950256883785263488642
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    Just keep shovelling bark in to the garden till it's full, then stop.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bogan View Post
    nah, neither am I

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pussy View Post
    Just keep shovelling bark in to the garden till it's full, then stop.

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    Geez! Never though of that! You must be brainy arncha!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Oakie View Post
    So I'm doing some landscaping and laying bark in an area at the back of our house.

    The shape I'm working with is a quadralateral with end lengths of 2 metres and 5 metres and side lengths of 7.3 metres and 7.8 metres.

    A) how many square metres is that?

    B) how many cubic metres of bark would it take to fill that area 1cm deep? (it'll be deeper than that but if I have the 1cm calc I can work out 3cm, 5cm etc)

    Yes I failed school cert maths. Famously at a post office training course when we had to do a similar exercise but around estimating quantities of paint to paint a room, where others came up with about 17litres, I came up with about 20,000 litres. I of course had filled the room with paint. Consequently when these questions come up, I seek help.
    you could always cheat.
    add the lengths of the sides together. 2+5+7.3+7.8 = 22.1
    the divide by 4 for a perfect sqaure and go from there!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oakie View Post
    I could do that bit if it was a rectangle but the odd shape threw me.

    I've realised now that as the 7.3m side had 90 degree angles at each end I could have called the shape a rectangle by saying both ends were 5m and then working out the area of that thoeretical shape. I could then deduct the area of the additional triangle I have just added to the original shape to get the true area. Now, where is Excel ...
    5m x 7.3m = 36.5m less 7.3m (the length of the side with then 90deg angles) x 3m (the end of the end of the triangle I added to make my odd shape a rectangle) x .5 = 10.95 Now 36.5 - 10.95 = 25.55sqm. Damned close to what you fine gentlemen achieved so I'm happy with that. I now know that a 2 cubic metre trailer load will cover the area to a depth of about 8cm which is more than enough.
    Thanks folks!
    Glad it worked out alright for you. For all intents and purposes, it's really only a rectangle.

    When I was in roading we had to worry about things like bulkage and shrinkage, which made it a bit more complex.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zedder View Post
    When I was in roading we had to worry about things like bulkage and shrinkage, which made it a bit more complex.
    All I'm really worried about now is cats shitting in it!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Oakie View Post
    All I'm really worried about now is cats shitting in it!
    Yep, a giant cat toilet. You could fence it of course but it is big. There was a product called "Skunk shot" around at garden centres a while back. All it takes is a dab every so often around the perimeter but cats and dogs absolutely hate it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zedder View Post
    Yep, a giant cat toilet. You could fence it of course but it is big. There was a product called "Skunk shot" around at garden centres a while back. All it takes is a dab every so often around the perimeter but cats and dogs absolutely hate it.
    To try to avoid that I've gone for the biggest bark nugget size available. Hopefully it will be as appropriate to a cat looking for a dunny as it would be for us wiping our arse with a book instead of toilet paper
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    Quote Originally Posted by Oakie View Post
    To try to avoid that I've gone for the biggest bark nugget size available. Hopefully it will be as appropriate to a cat looking for a dunny as it would be for us wiping our arse with a book instead of toilet paper
    Fingers crossed then.

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