document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=333102>Question 333102</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I have a 15ft. x 20ft. pool and need to fill it with 6 inches of water. I tried the formula v=bh=3.14*r squared *h and I come up with v=300=3.14(pie)*r squared*h and I am stuck because it looks like I need the radius of the pool cylinder. If this is the case is the radius half of 15ft. and how or what formula should I use since I need to know how many gallons of water I need in order to fill 6 inches of water in the pool and what will the water weight be total and weight per gallon for transport purposes. My email is chucklisa@ymail.com and I struggle now in college algebra and could use all the advice I can get since I forget how to use these formulas daily. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Are you trying to say that your pool is in the shape of an elliptical cylinder with major axis 20 and minor axis 15?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If that is the case, you need the area of your ellipse as the value for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large B\"> in the formula <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large V\ =\ Bh\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The area of an ellipse is given by:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ A_{ellipse}\ =\ \pi ab\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large a\"> is the semi-major axis (half of the major axis, 10 feet in your case) and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large b\"> is the semi-minor axis, half of the minor axis, or 7.5 feet in your case.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Putting it all together:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ V_{6in}\ =\ \pi(10)(7.5)(0.5)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Remember, 6 inches is 1/2 foot.  You can do your own arithmetic\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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