Question

A company installs a rectangular septic tank 10 ft long by 15 ft wide and 8 ft deep. Calculate the capacity of the tank in gallons. (Use 1ft^3 = 7.48 gal.)The capacity of the tank is:enter your response here gallons. (Round to the nearest gallon as needed.)

Answer 1

To find the capacity in gallons we firs need to find the volume.

The volume is given by:

$V=lwh$

Plugging the values given we have:

$V=(10)(15)(8)=1200ft^3$

Now that we know that we need to convert it, to do this we multiply by the factor given:

$1200(7.48)=8976$

Therefore the capacity of the tank is 8976 gal