SOLUTION: Constuction - How many gallons of water are needed to fill a swimming pool that approximates the shape in the figure? Round to the nearest gallon.
Shape given: width: 28ft leng
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: Constuction - How many gallons of water are needed to fill a swimming pool that approximates the shape in the figure? Round to the nearest gallon.
Shape given: width: 28ft length 75ft. shallow end 3ft -- deep end 9ft. This question is from textbook
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Shape given: width: 28ft length 75ft. shallow end 3ft -- deep end 9ft.
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Find the volume of two separate shapes
Rectangular portion
75 * 28 * 3 = 6300 cu/ft
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Slanted portion:
.5 * 75 * 28 * 6 = 6300 cu/ft
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At total of 12,600 cu/ft:
There are 7.481 gal per cu/ft
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12600 * 7.481 = 94,261 gallons
