SOLUTION: A box of Jell-O costs $0.75, and makes 2 cups. How much would it cost to fill a swimming pool 3 feet deep, 6 feet wide, and 12 feet long with Jell-O? (1 cubic foot is about 7.5

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Question 1171436: A box of Jell-O costs $0.75, and makes 2 cups. How much would it cost to fill a swimming pool 3 feet deep, 6 feet wide, and 12 feet long with Jell-O?
(1 cubic foot is about 7.5 gallons. There are 16 cups in a gallon.)
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Straightforward unit conversion; use a calculator.

                              7.5 gallons     16 cups      75 cents
 3 feet * 6 feet * 12 feet * ------------- * ---------- * ---------- = ___________  cents
                               1 foot^3       1 gallon      2 cups