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Tiling a swimming pool 2011-01-09
From rustom:
(a) Find the volume of water in swimming pool with vertical ends and sides . The length measured at the water line is 50 ft. and the breadth is 20 ft. The bottom of the swimming pool is a plane sloping gradually downward so that the depth of the water at one end is 4 ft. and 8ft. at the other end. (b) If the sides, ends, and bottom of the swimming pool are constructed of tile blocks whose glaze surface dimensions are 3in by 6in. , and if the ends and sides of the pool extend 2ft.above the water level, find the number of blocks used if 1/20 of the surface area is covered by sealing material.

I got the (a) question but I don't know the (b) question which have the answer of 16,136 blocks. I hope I can get the procedure for this, THANK YOU!

Answered by Penny Nom.
30,000 US gallons of water 2010-10-12
From mike:
If a swimming pool can hold 30,000 US gallons of water - is it possible to calculate the number of yards of dirt it would take to fill the hole?
Answered by Penny Nom.
A Lagoon, free form, inground swimming pool 2009-12-22
From donna:
What is the linear footage of a 14 x 23, Lagoon, free form, inground swimming pool?
Answered by Robert Dawson.
The weight of water in a swimming pool 2009-03-10
From ely:
How much does the water in a swimming pool 20 ft long, 10 ft wide, and 6 ft deep weigh?
Answered by Penny Nom.
The volume of a swimming pool 2008-08-10
From Ron:
What is the volume of a swimming pool when its length is 40 ft, width 20ft, the deep end is 10 ft and the shallow end is 3 ft.?
Answered by Penny Nom.
The amount of water in a pool 2008-03-30
From anurag:
what will the weight of water in a swimming pool having dimensions of 18ft *10ft*5 ft? how much water will be needed for filling it up?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Filling an old swimming pool 2007-08-27
From Russ:
I would like to know how much fill material I would need to fill an old swimming pool. The pool is 18' wide x 36' long and is 4' to 10' deep.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Swimming pool water 2007-04-12
From tina:
How much water does a 24' round, 4' deep swimming pool hold?
Answered by Haley Ess.
Litres of water in my swimming pool 2006-08-16
From A student:
I need to calculate how many litres in my swiming pool, it is a circle shape, 5.5 m in diametre by 1.07 m deep.
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
How many gallons of water are in a 24' X 4' round swimming pool? 2006-06-15
From Nicole:
How many gallons of water are in a 24' X 4' round swimming pool?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
A quadratic word problem 2004-02-04
From Carl:
A walkway of uniform has 72m2 and surrounds a swimming pool that is 8m wide and 10m long. Find the width of the walkway.
Answered by Penny Nom.
Filling A swimming pool 2002-11-21
From Sarah:
A swimming pool is being filled by three pumps. Alone pump A would take 6 hours, pump B would take 3 hours, and pump C would take 3 hours. If all three pumps are used to fill the pool, what fraction of the process is pump A.
Answered by Penny Nom.
 
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