Question 1167128: An inch of rain on a square mile on land produces x gallons of water.
Determine gallons.
Volume = Length * Width * Height.
Square mile = 4,014,489,600 sq. in.
Not sure how to solve.
Answer by ikleyn(52829)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
From given data, you momentarily calculate the volume of rain in cubic inches as
4,014,489,600 cubic inches.
As soon as you get this number, all that remains to do is to divide it by the number of cubic inches in gallon, which is 231.
Now your answer is 4014489600/231 = 17378742.86 gallons.
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