Problema Solution
Margaret can pour 125 cubic feet of water per minute to fill a pool. How long will it take her to fill a pool that is 20 feet wide and 75 feet long?
Answer provided by our tutors
It would take 120 minutes / 2 hours to fill the pool (assuming 10 foot depth.)
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Assume depth is 10 feet deep?
Pool = 20 feet wide by 75 feet long by 10 feet deep = 15,000 feet cubed (20 * 75 * 10)
Therefore 15,000 / 125 cubic feet per minute = 120 minutes or 2 hours