SOLUTION: I arrived home to find that my 50' x 40' basement has 18 inches of water in it if one cubic foot is about 7.48 gallons how much water will I be pumping out of my basement? If you h

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Question 950745: I arrived home to find that my 50' x 40' basement has 18 inches of water in it if one cubic foot is about 7.48 gallons how much water will I be pumping out of my basement? If you have a pump that can amti 1000 gallons of water per hour how long will it take to dry out the basement
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Convert in to ft
ft
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The volume of water in the basement is:
ft3
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The number of gallons in the basement is:

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( gallons ) / ( gallons/hr ) = hrs


It will take 22 hrs and 26.4 min to pump out basement

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