document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=999821>Question 999821</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A gym is 180 feet long, 20 yards wide and 144 inches tall. Calculate the total volume of air in the gym\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please show me how to work it oit </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #617401 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=617401\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> volume is equal to length * width * height.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you do, however, need to convert everything to the same unit of measure.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you have:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "length = 180 feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "width = 20 yards<BR>\n" );
document.write( "height = 144 inches\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you could convert all to yards.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you could convert all to feet.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you could convert all to inches.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the main goal is to convert everything to the same common unit of measure.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i'll convert everything to feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "length = 180 feet.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "length is already in feet.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "length is therefore equal to 180 feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "width = 40 yards.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 yard is equal to 3 feet.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "width is therefore equal to 40 * 3 = 120 feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "height = 144 inches.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 inch = 1/12 of a foot.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "height is therefore equal to 144 * 1/12 = 12 feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "your measurements are now in the common unit of feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you have:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "length = 180 feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "width = 120 feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "height = 12 feet\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "since volume - length * width * height, you get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "volume = 180 * 120 * 12 = 259200 cubic feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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