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A rectangular pool 24-feet long, 8-feet wide, and 4-deep is filled with water. Water is leaking from the pool at the rate of 0. 40 cubic foot pet. At this rate how many hours wil it take for the water level to drop I foot?

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Answer:

8 hours

Explanation:

24 X 8 X 1FOOT DROP = 192 FT ^3

Assuming .40 ft^3 per MINUTE

192/.4 = 480 minutes = 8 hours

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