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Chemicals to clean a swimming pool cost $0.24 per cubic foot of water. If a pool is 6 feet deep, 14 feet long and 8 feet wide, how much does it cost to clean the pool? Round to the nearest dollar.

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To solve this problem, we first need to find the volume of the swimming pool in cubic feet. Since volume = length * width * height, we can substitute in our values into this formula to solve.

Volume = lwh

Volume = (14 feet)(8 feet)(6 feet)

Volume = 672 cubic feet

Now that we know the volume, we must multiply by the cost to find the total cost of the pool.

672 cubic feet * $0.24 per cubic foot =

$161.28

The question asks to round to the nearest dollar, so we round down because the decimal is less than 0.5.

This makes your final answer $161.

Hope this helps!

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