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Can you tell me how much loam I would need to fill a hole 15 feet in dia. x 6 inches deep.
Hi,
When you buy loam you usually order it by the cubic yard so you should
ttransform the dimensions to yards. There are 3 feet in a yard so the
diameter of the hole is 15/3=5 yards. The depth is 6 inches which is
1/2 of a foot or 1/2 
1/3
= 1/6 yards.
The volume of a circular cylinder is
pi
which is
pi
Penny