Volume of Other Solids - GED Math

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The above depicts a rectangular swimming pool for an apartment.

On the right edge, the pool is three feet deep; on the left edge, it is eight feet deep. Going from the right to the left, its depth increases uniformly. In cubic feet, how much water does the pool hold?

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Answer

The pool can be looked at as a trapezoidal prism with "height" 35 feet and its bases the following shape (depth exaggerated):

Pool

The area of this trapezoidal base, which has height 50 feet and bases 3 feet and 8 feet, is

square feet;

The volume of the pool is the base multiplied by the "height", or

cubic feet, the capacity of the pool.

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