Question

A rectangular waterbed is 8 ft long, 5 fr, wide and 1 ft tall.

How many gallons of water are needed to fill the waterbed?
Assume 1 gallon is 0.13 ft.³ round to the nearest whole gallon

Answer 1

Answer: 308 gallons of water.

Explanation:

First find the volume of the water been.

The volume of a rectangular prism uses the formula

V= L * W *H

V = 8 * 5 * 1

V = 40 ft^3

Now we will convert 40ft into gallons using what they gave us that 1 gallon is 0.13 ft^3

`(1)/(x) = (0.13)/(40)` which means if 1 gallon is 0.13 cubic feet how much will 40 cubic feet be when converted to gallons.

Solve by cross product.

0.13x = 40 divide both sides by 0.13

x= 308