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He fish tank pictured can hold up to 1004.5 cubic ft of water. What is the length of the fish tank? Length of fish tank is 7ft

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Since you repeated length two times, I'm assuming you are finding the width of the tank. The cubic feet (volume) = The length of the tank (length) * the width of the tank (width).

Let v = the cubic feet

Let l = length of the tank

Let w = width of the tank

So, v = l*w, this is equal to the first sentence I put, but just replaced with variables.

Next, determine given values.

v = 1004.5 cubic feet

l = 7 feet

w = ? <- this is what we need to find.

Substitute in all the known values.

1004.5 = 7 * w ( the variable w is used for undetermined width )

Divide by 7 on both sides to get x alone in the form of w = #.

w = 143.5

The width of the tank is 143.5 feet.


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