Question

The YMCA lap pool is a right rectangular prism 36.8 m long by 20 m wide. The pool contains 1472 m of water.

How deep is the water in the pool?

Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

Volume of rectangular prism = Base * Height

SO,
36.8 * 20 * Height = 1472
736 * Height = 1472
Height = 2

The answer is 2 m

Answer 2

The water in the pool is 2 m deep.

Explanation:

Given that the pool has the following dimensions:

length: 36.8 m

width: 20 m

deep: ?

and it contains a volume of 1472 m^3 of water.

The volume of a right rectangular prism is computed as follows:

Volume = length*width*deep

Isolating deep and replacing with data (dimensions are omitted):

deep = Volume/(length*width)

deep = 1472/(36.8*20)

deep = 2 m