SOLUTION: Billy just bought a new aquarium for his goldfish, Baxter. The aquarium is 10 inches high, 8 inches wide, and 2 feet long. If Billy wants to fill the tank half full of water, how m

Question 766423: Billy just bought a new aquarium for his goldfish, Baxter. The aquarium is 10 inches high, 8 inches wide, and 2 feet long. If Billy wants to fill the tank half full of water, how much will he need?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, Cromlix:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39625) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"high" can be divided by 2. Using the value of high divided by 2, calculate the volume. That is how much water will be needed. Billy would fill to 5 inches high.

If want volume of water as cubic feet, then:
cubic feet of water.

For cubic inches of water,
cubic inches.
Answer by Cromlix(4381) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Covert inches to feet
10 inches = 0.83ft
8 inches = 0.6ft
Volume of tank full =
length*breadth*height
0.83 * 0.6 * 2 = 0.996ft^3
Half a tank = 0.498ft^3
Hope this helps.
:-)
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