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Question

You arrive home to find that your 55 foot by 20 foot basement has 6 inches of water in it.

a) If 1 cubic foot of water is about 7.48 gallons, how much water will you be pumping out of your basement?
Express your answer rounded to the nearest tenth of a gallon.

Answer 1

55*20*0.5 = 550 ft^3

Now multiply by 7.48gal/ft^3