SOLUTION: Valeria is filling her new fish tank with water. The tank measures 36 inches by 13 inches by 24 inches. She has a 3-gallon bucket that she can fill at the sink and then pour into t

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Question 1107555: Valeria is filling her new fish tank with water. The tank measures 36 inches by 13 inches by 24 inches. She has a 3-gallon bucket that she can fill at the sink and then pour into the tank. What is the minimum number of times Valeria needs to fill (or partially fill) the 3-gallon bucket in order to completely fill her fish tank? (Hint: There are 231 cubic inches in a gallon.)She needs to fill up the 3-gallon bucket at least __________ times in order to completely fill her tank.
Found 2 solutions by Boreal, josgarithmetic:
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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volume of tank is 36*13*24 in^3=11232 in^3. One 3 gallon bucket has 693 in^3
11232 in^3/693 in^3/3 gal=16.21 times or 17 times total.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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This depends on how full she can fill each bucket's-worth. Complete full is not a good level because then spillage is too likely to happen.



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16.208

AT LEAST 16 times; 17 better, or possibly a small number of bucket fills more and a fraction.