Question

A Swimming pool is in the shape of a rectangular prism. the pool is 5 ft deep. Its length is 3 times its width. The volume of the pool is 6000 cubic feet.

Find the length and width of the pool

Answer 1

To solve for the width and the length of the pool, you will use the formula for finding the volume of a rectangular prism. You will represent the length and the width of the pool in terms of w, the width.

Please see the attached picture for the work.

The width of the pool is 20 feet.

The length of the pool is 3 x 20 ft or 60 feet.