Jethro wants a swimming pool in his backyard, so he digs a rectangular hole with dimensions 40 feet long, 20 feet wide, and 5 feet deep. How many cubic feet of water will the pool hold?
The pool is in the shape of a rectangular prism, so its volume can be found by multiplying its length, width, and depth:
40 feet × 20 feet × 5 feet = 4,000 cubic feet
Therefore, the pool will hold 4,000 cubic feet of water.