A pool designed for lap swimming is rectangular in shape with a uniform depth of 4.5 feet. If the pool is enlarged so that it holds twice as much water, which of the following statements could be true?

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anonymous · Answer

When it is asking how much water the pool will hold what formula do you think you would use to calculate it?

anonymous · Answer

im sorry i dont know.

anonymous · Answer

Well, we are trying to calculate how much of something is inside the edges of a shape. Specifically how much water is inside the shape of the pool. That would be AREA. Can you look up the formula for area?

anonymous · Answer

its 1 half times base times height

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@mcelroyian

anonymous · Answer

Whoops, sorry i used the wrong word. That is my fault i used area when i should have used Volume. Volume = Length X Width X Height

anonymous · Answer

so then...

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Sorry, i'm a little distracted

anonymous · Answer

So, you know V = H x L x W and the the depth of the pool is 4.5.  the question is how do you double the Volume.

anonymous · Answer

yes

anonymous · Answer

Why don't you just assume the length and the width of the pool are 1 and plug that into the formula and show me what you get