Question

A rectangular swimming pool is 19 meters long, 11 1/2 meters wide, and 1 1/2 meters deep. What is its volume?

Answer 1

Volume = length x breadth (width) x height

19m long --> length
11 1/2m wide --> width (aka breadth)
1 1/2m deep --> height

Volume = 19m x 11 1/2m x 1 1/2m = 327.75m²

Answer 2

`327(3)/(4)`

Explanation:

→ State the volume of a rectangular prism

Length × Width × Height

→ Substitute in the numbers

`19*11(1)/(2) *1(1)/(2)`

→ Convert to improper fractions

`(19)/(1) *(23)/(2) *(3)/(2)`

→ Multiply

`(1311)/(4)`

→ Convert to mixed fraction

`327(3)/(4)`