SOLUTION: A lake is 120 fathoms deep. Use the fact that there are 6 feet in a fathom to tell the depth of the lake in feet.

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: A lake is 120 fathoms deep. Use the fact that there are 6 feet in a fathom to tell the depth of the lake in feet. This question is from textbook

Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if there are 6 FEET to 1 fathom and there are 120 FATHOMS
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120 (fathoms) * 6 (feet /fathom)
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120(6)=720 feet
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notice on the units the fathom cancelled out leaving only feet. Paying attention to the units is a good way to check problems. Many times you can even solve problems with this method
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