document.write( "Question 847395: Water is flowing out of a garden hose at a rate of 10 gallons per minute into a circular swimming pool that has a diameter of 16ft. How fast is the water rising in the pool in inches per minute? Hint: The area of a circle is A=πr^2
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document.write( "I'm not sure how to approach this problem, I can find the area but I do not understand how I can convert the rate. \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #510402 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Water is flowing out of a garden hose at a rate of 10 gallons per minute into a circular swimming pool that has a diameter of 16ft. \n" ); document.write( " How fast is the water rising in the pool in inches per minute? \n" ); document.write( ":\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Find the vol of water in 1 inch of the pool, convert that to gallons \n" ); document.write( "r = 8'. Convert 1 in to 1/12 ft. One cu/ft = 7.481 gal \n" ); document.write( "V = \n" ); document.write( "V = 125.34 gal in 1 inch of the pool \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "This would be in min/inch \n" ); document.write( " |