document.write( "Question 697770: A swimming pool has to be drained for maintenance. The pool is shaped like a cylinder with a diameter of 16m and a depth of 1.7m. If the water is pumped out of the pool at the rate of 13m^3(cubed) per hour, how many hours does it take to empty the pool?\r
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document.write( "Use the value 3.14 for Pi , and round your answer to the nearest hour. \r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #430282 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) You can put this solution on YOUR website! A swimming pool has to be drained for maintenance. \n" ); document.write( " The pool is shaped like a cylinder with a diameter of 16m and a depth of 1.7m. \n" ); document.write( " If the water is pumped out of the pool at the rate of 13m^3(cubed) per hour, \n" ); document.write( " how many hours does it take to empty the pool? \n" ); document.write( "Use the value 3.14 for Pi , and round your answer to the nearest hour. \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Find the volume of the pool (r = half the diameter) \n" ); document.write( "V = \n" ); document.write( "V = \n" ); document.write( "V = 341.8 cu/m \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Find the time to pump this volume of water out \n" ); document.write( "t = \n" ); document.write( "t = 26.3 ~ 26 hrs \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Note: I used pi on the calc, you can recalculate it using 3.14, you will see it will still round out to 26 hrs \n" ); document.write( " |