A state park has two pools. The olympic size pool holds 8.12 x 105 gallons of water and the smaller pool holds 5.27 x 105 gallons of water. What is the combined capacity of the pools?

Respuesta :

we know that

The combined capacity of the pools is equal to the capacity of the olympic size pool plus the capacity of the smaller pool

so

Capacity of the olympic size pool

[tex]8.12*10^{5}\ gallons[/tex]

Capacity of the smaller pool

[tex]5.27*10^{5}\ gallons[/tex]

Adds the two capacities

[tex]8.12*10^{5}\ gallons+5.27*10^{5}\ gallons=13.39*10^{5}\ gallons[/tex]

[tex]13.39*10^{5}\ gallons=1.339*10^{6}\ gallons[/tex]

therefore

the answer is

[tex]1.339*10^{6}\ gallons[/tex]

The combined capacity of the pools is [tex]\fbox{\begin\\\ 1.339\times 10^{6}\text{ gallons}\\\end{minispace}}[/tex].

Further explanation:

Given:

The capacity of Olympic size pool is [tex]8.12\times 10^{5}[/tex] gallons of water.

The capacity of smaller size pool is [tex]5.27\times 10^{5}[/tex] gallons of water.

Concept used:

The combined capacity of water in the Olympic pools and smaller pool is obtained by the addition of both the capacity of the pools.

In the other words combined capacity of pools is equal to the sum of the capacity of water in Olympic pools and the capacity of water in the smaller pools.

Calculation:

Consider the combined capacity of pool as [tex]C[/tex], the capacity of the Olympic size pools as [tex]X[/tex] and the capacity of smaller size pools as [tex]Y[/tex].

Therefore the combined capacity of the pool is obtained as,

[tex]\fbox{\begin\\\ \math C=X+Y\\\end{minispace}}[/tex]   .....(1)        

Substitute [tex]8.12\times10^{5}[/tex] for [tex]X[/tex] and [tex]5.27\times10^{5}[/tex] for [tex]Y[/tex] in equation (1) to obtain the combined capacity.

[tex]\begin{aligned}C&=(8.12\times10^{5})+(5.27\times10^{5})\\&=(8.12+5.27)\times10^{5}\\&=13.39\times10^{5}\\&=1.339\times10^{6}\end{aligned}[/tex]

Therefore, the combined capacity of the pools is [tex]\fbox{\begin\\\ 1.339\times 10^{6}\text{ gallons}\\\end{minispace}}[/tex].

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Answer details:

Grade: Middle school

Subject: Mathematics

Chapter: Mensuration

Keywords: Capacity, gallons, pools, water, Olympic size, smaller, combined capacity, mensuration, addition.