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Old 03-10-2012, 03:37 PM
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Ha. Does anyone know how many gallons a 14x28 ft pool takes if the deep end is 6 ft? This is indisputably one of those volume questions that I got wrong on my geometry test in high school. Anyone able to get the answer? Really good exercise for the brain.
How deep is the shallow end and what is the grade of descent to the deep end? And assuming the pool is not on a straight vertical what is the length of the plateaus of the shallow end and the deep end?

With that information I can get my slide rule out and work on it.
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