Imagine that you have a rectangular swimming pool, but you have no idea how deep it is. You
know that the pool has a volume of 216 m3
. You measured the dimensions of the pool and
found that it is 15 m long and 6 m wide
x * 15 * 6 = 216
Solve for x.
231
To determine the depth of the swimming pool, we can use the formula for the volume of a rectangular prism:
Volume = Length x Width x Depth
Given that the volume of the pool is 216 m^3 and the length and width are 15m and 6m respectively, we can rearrange the formula to solve for the depth:
Depth = Volume / (Length x Width)
Plugging in the values, we get:
Depth = 216 m^3 / (15m x 6m)
= 216 m^3 / 90 m^2
= 2.4 m
Therefore, the depth of the swimming pool is 2.4 meters.