Question

The density of water is 1.00 g/mL. If your swimming pool holds 208,000 gallons of water, what is the weight of the water in a filled swimming pool in tons? (1 ton = 2000 lb).
Hint: Look on your equation sheet for conversion factors

Answer 1

Answer:

12.455≈12.5 tons

Explanation:

1 US gallon of water (gal) = 8.35 pounds of water (lb wt.)

so we divide 208,000 by 8.35 to covert to pounds

then divide the pounds by 2000 to convert to tons.