Question

A garden swimming pool with a cuboidal shape is 8m long and 4m wide and 150 cm deep. The pool which is partially filled has 40m cube of water in it. What is the height of the water level in the pool

Answer 1

the pool with 40m³ of water in it is 1.25m deep

Explanation:

first convert 150 cm to 1.5m

2nd 8m l × 4m w × 1.5m d = 48m³

3rd divide 40m³ by 8m l × 4m w or 32m²

40m³/32m² = 1.25m deep