Question

Mrs. Johnson's 7-year-old daughter wants to know how much it would cost to fill up her cousin's swimming pool with chocolate milk. The top view and side view of the pool are shown below.

Volume of Chocolate Milk= _________ ft
One cubic foot is equal to about 7.5 gallons and one gallon of chocolate milk costs $3.29, how much will it cost to fill the swimming pool with chocolate milk?
Total Cost = $_______

Answer 1

To find the volume of the pool, we calculate the area of the base and multiply it by the depth. Then, we convert the volume to gallons and calculate the total cost based on the price per gallon of chocolate milk.

Step-by-step explanation:

The first step is to calculate the volume of the swimming pool in cubic feet.

From the top view of the pool, we can see that the length is 12 feet and the width is 8 feet. So, the area of the base of the pool is 12 ft * 8 ft = 96 square feet.

From the side view of the pool, we can see that the depth is 4 feet. So, the volume of the pool is 96 sq ft * 4 ft = 384 cubic feet.

Since one cubic foot is equal to about 7.5 gallons and one gallon of chocolate milk costs $3.29, we can calculate the total cost to fill the pool with chocolate milk.

The volume of chocolate milk needed is 384 cubic feet * 7.5 gallons/cubic foot = 2880 gallons.

The total cost is 2880 gallons * $3.29/gallon = $9487.20.