3.) If you need to fill up a rectangular bath tub that is 2ft by 5ft by 2ft how many gallons of water would you need? (1 gallon 0.134 cubic feet) If the spout is broken and you had to choose a cylinder bucket that has a radius of 0.75 ft and a height of 1.5 ft or a cylinder bucket with a radius of .5 ft and a height of 2 ft which would you use to fill up the tub and why? Find the gallons each bucket would hold and then how many trips you would have to make for each. Gallons of water for tub: Gallons for Bucket #1: Gallons for Bucket #2:

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How many gallons of water for the tub? How many gallons for bucket #1? How many gallons for bucket #2? How many trips would it take for bucket #1? How many trips would it take for bucket #2? Which bucket is would you choose and why?
3.) If you need to fill up a rectangular bath tub that is 2ft by 5ft by 2ft how many gallons of water would you need? (1 gallon 0.134 cubic
feet) If the spout is broken and you had to choose a cylinder bucket that has a radius of 0.75 ft and a height of 1.5 ft or a cylinder bucket
with a radius of .5 ft and a height of 2 ft which would you use to fill up the tub and why? Find the gallons each bucket would hold and then
how many trips you would have to make for each.
Gallons of water for tub:
Gallons for Bucket #1:
Gallons for Bucket #2:
Trips it would take bucket #1:
Trips it would take bucket #2:
Which bucket would you choose and why?
Transcribed Image Text:3.) If you need to fill up a rectangular bath tub that is 2ft by 5ft by 2ft how many gallons of water would you need? (1 gallon 0.134 cubic feet) If the spout is broken and you had to choose a cylinder bucket that has a radius of 0.75 ft and a height of 1.5 ft or a cylinder bucket with a radius of .5 ft and a height of 2 ft which would you use to fill up the tub and why? Find the gallons each bucket would hold and then how many trips you would have to make for each. Gallons of water for tub: Gallons for Bucket #1: Gallons for Bucket #2: Trips it would take bucket #1: Trips it would take bucket #2: Which bucket would you choose and why?
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