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A child’s pool is in the shape of a rectangular prism with a height of 2 ft and a base that is 4 ft wide by 5 ft long. During the course of the summer, the child’s pool needed to be filled 3 times.

How many cubic feet of water were needed to fill the pool during the summer?

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2(4)(5) to find the cubic water content of the pool. That's 40 cubic feet of water each time, so a total of 120 cubic feet of water.
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The question wants us to find 3 times the volume of the pool.
This is because we are told that the pool must be filled 3 times during the summer and asked how many cubic feet of water is required to fill the pool all summer.

Step 1: Find the volume of the pool.
Volume is calculated by multiplying length by width by height.
Pool length = 5 ft.
Pool width = 4 ft.
Pool height = 2 ft.
Pool volume = 5 • 4 • 2
5 • 4 • 2 = 40
The volume of the pool is 40 cubic feet.

Step 2: Find 3 times the volume of the pool.
Volume = 40 ft.^3
3 times volume = 3 • 40 ft.^3
3 • 40 ft.^3 = 120 ft.^3
3 times the volume of the pool is 120 cubic feet.

Answer:
The pool requires 120 cubic feet of water in order to be filled enough over the course of the summer.

Hope this helps!
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