Question

The YMCA lap pool is a right rectangular prism

36.8m long by 20m wide. The pool contains
1472 m of water. How deep is the pool?

Answer 1

2 Meters deep.

Explanation:

If you multiply 36.8 m by 20m, you would get the base area of 736 m^2. If you divide that by 1472, you would get 2 meters deep.

Answer 2

To find the depth (aka "height") you must use the volume formula

Volume = length x width x height

In this case:

The amount of water the pool can contain will equal to the volume

Volume = 1,472 m

length = 36.8 m

width = 20 m

height = unknown (let's make this h)

^^^Plug these numbers into the formula given above

1,472 = 36.8 x 20 x h

1,472 = 736h

Isolate h by dividing 736 to both sides

1,472/736 = 736h/736

2

This pool is 2 meters deep

Hope this helped!

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