Question

The millers are going to put a pool in their backyard this summer. The pool will have a depth of 5 feet, and the dimensions shown in the picture. What will be the total volume of water needed to fill the pool?

Answer 1

D : 510 units

Explanation:

NOTE:

Something to consider when solving problems like this is to break the large shape down into smaller, more managable shapes. So for this problem, you can break down this irregular shape into two rectangles. This will make solving problems similar to this easier in the future :)

WORK:

I broke down this shape into two rectangles with the following dimensions:

- 12 meters by 5 meters

- 3 meters by 14 meters

You also know that the depth has to be 5 feet (the problem itself did not account for differences in feet and meters, as when I converted the 5 feet to meters and solved that way, none of the answers were correct)

Using this information, you can now solve for the volume of each of the rectangles

12*5*5 = 300 units

3*14*5 = 210 units

Then, you simply add the two volumes together to find the total volume needed to fill the pool which equals

510 units