8. The diving pool at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center was used for the springboard and platform diving competitions of the 1996 Olympic Games. The pool is 28 feet long and 17 feet deep, and it is 65 feet wide, If it takes about 2.5 gallons of water to fill one cubic foot of space, approximately how many gallons of water are needed to fill the diving pool?

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8. The diving pool at the Georgia Tech Aquatic
Center was used for the springboard and platform
diving competitions of the 1996 Olympic Games.
The pool is 28 feet long and 17 feet deep, and it
is 65 feet wide, If it takes about 2.5 gallons of
water to fill one cubic foot of space,
approximately how many gallons of water are
needed to fill the diving pool?
36.5
8.
10. Given that a racquetball can is 7 inches tall
and 1.6 inches in diameter and contains three balls
DELL
!!
Transcribed Image Text:nd 8. The diving pool at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center was used for the springboard and platform diving competitions of the 1996 Olympic Games. The pool is 28 feet long and 17 feet deep, and it is 65 feet wide, If it takes about 2.5 gallons of water to fill one cubic foot of space, approximately how many gallons of water are needed to fill the diving pool? 36.5 8. 10. Given that a racquetball can is 7 inches tall and 1.6 inches in diameter and contains three balls DELL !!
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Given that:Length of pool, l=28 ftDepth of pool, d=17 ftWidth of pool, b=65 ft

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