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The town swimming pool is a right rectangular prism 40 m long, 18.8 m wide, and 2.7 m deep. The pool was accidentally filled to the top and must be drained to reduce the water depth to 2.3 m. How much water should be drained from the pool?

User Remy Sharp
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300.8L need to be drained
The town swimming pool is a right rectangular prism 40 m long, 18.8 m wide, and 2.7 m-example-1
User Ravi Sisodia
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wouldnt it be .5? beacuse the top is 2.7 and it must be drained to 2.3. 2.7-2.3 is .5
User Dinesh Saravanan
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