You have a job at a water park. The hot tub at the park is in the shape of a cylinder. It has a diameter of 20 feet across. The tub has a volume of 1,256 cubic feet. What is the depth of the tub? Use 3.14 to approximate pi.

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Gillian Hodges

11 October, 00:39

You have a job at a water park. The hot tub at the park is in the shape of a cylinder. It has a diameter of 20 feet across. The tub has a volume of 1,256 cubic feet. What is the depth of the tub? Use 3.14 to approximate pi.

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Isabela Stuart · Answer 1

To calculate the depth of the pool, you will use the formula for finding volume of a cylinder.

You will substitute in the values you know, and solve for the height (depth).

V = pi x r^2 x h

1256 = 3.14 x 10^2 x h

1256 = 314h

h = 4 feet

The depth of the hot tub is 4 feet.