SOLUTION: An empty circular swimming pool with radius of 8 ft and height of 5 ft is being filled by a pump that is running at 0.95 gallons per second. How long will it take to fill the pool
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Question 1048391: An empty circular swimming pool with radius of 8 ft and height of 5 ft is being filled by a pump that is running at 0.95 gallons per second. How long will it take to fill the pool 80% full? ( 1 cu. ft = 7.481 gal) Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! An empty circular swimming pool with radius of 8 ft and height of 5 ft is being filled by a pump that is running at 0.95 gallons per second. How long will it take to fill the pool 80% full? ( 1 cu. ft = 7.481 gal)
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It's a cylinder.
Find the volume: cubic feet
r = 8
Use h = 4 for 80% full
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Convert the volume to gallons.
Divide the # of gallons by 0.95 --> # of seconds.
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It's arithmetic.
