SOLUTION: A swimming pool was 25 yards long by 45 feet wide. It needed 3 inches of water added so that the pool was filled. How many cubic feet of water must be added to the pool to fill it

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Question 484669: A swimming pool was 25 yards long by 45 feet wide. It needed 3 inches of water added so that the pool was filled. How many cubic feet of water must be added to the pool to fill it up?
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A swimming pool was 25 yards long by 45 feet wide.
It needed 3 inches of water added so that the pool was filled.
How many cubic feet of water must be added to the pool to fill it up?
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Change 25 yds to 75 ft
Change 3 inches to .25 ft
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75 * 45 * .25 = 843.75 cu/ft of water required