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The wading pool shown is a trapezoidal prism with a total volume of 286 cubic feet. What is the missing dimension? First base: 8ft. Second base: 13 ft. Height: 2 ft

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To find the missing dimension you will use the formula for finding the volume of a prism and solve for the missing dimension. In this case 2ft is how deep the pool is and you will solve for the width of the pool.

V = Bh, where B is the area of the base. In this case, use the area of a trapezoid formula.

286 = 1/2h(8 +13)2
286 = 21h
21 21
h = 13.6

The width of the wading pool is approximately 13.6 feet.
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