SOLUTION: A swimming pool 100m long and 40m wide is 1m deep at the shallow end and 5m at the deep end. Find the volume (in cubic mts) of water contained in the pool.

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Question 324636: A swimming pool 100m long and 40m wide is 1m deep at the shallow end and 5m at the deep end. Find the volume (in cubic mts) of water contained in the pool.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Break it up into a rectangle (1m x 100m) and triangle (base 4 m, height 100m)profile.
The volume would then be,
V=1%28100%29%2840%29%2B%281%2F2%29%284%29%28100%29%2840%29
V=4000%2B8000
V=12000m^3