Question

A reservoir with the shape of a rectangular prism holds 300 cu.m. of water and has a depth of 8 meters at its full capacity. What is the volume of water if the depth measures 3 meters?

Answer 1

112.5 cubic meters

Explanation:

Since area is same and depth only changes, we can find the ratio and multiply the volume by that.

depth of 8 meters is full (volume at 300 cubic meters), so when depth is 3 meters, the volume would be
`(3)/(8)` of 300, so:

`(3)/(8)*300=112.5` cubic meters