SOLUTION: The surface of a swimming pool is 50-meter long and 20-meter wide rectangle. The pool is 1 meter deep at the shallow end and 8 meters deep at the other end. Find the volume of the

Question 1158838: The surface of a swimming pool is 50-meter long and 20-meter wide rectangle. The pool is 1 meter deep at the shallow end and 8 meters deep at the other end. Find the volume of the water in the pool when it is full.
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

To solve the problem with the information given, we have to assume that the bottom of the pool has a constant slope.

In that case, the average depth is (1+8)/2 = 4.5 meters; then the volume of water is (50)(20)(4.5) = 4500 m^3.

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