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A swimming pool is 3 meters deep, 50 meters long, and 25 meters wide. If it takes 0.25 pounds of chlorine for every 15 cubic meters of water to keep the pool clean and healthy, how many pounds of chlorine are needed?

a. 27.2 pounds
b. 35.7 pounds
c. 45.4 pounds
d. 62.5 pounds

User Zieglar
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Answer:

D) 62.5 pounds.

Explanation:

The volume of the swimming pool =
3*50*25 =3750


3750/15 = 250 lots of 15


250*0.25=62.5 pounds of chlorine.

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