An empty swimming pool is to be filled to the top. The pool is shaped like a rectangular prism with length 16m, width 10m, and depth 5m. Suppose water is pumped into the pool at a rate of 40m3 per hour. How many hours does it take to fill the empty pool?

It would take 20 hours to fill the pool.

Step-by-step explanation:

We are give the Dimensions of the Pool. Recall that Volume of a Rectangular Prism is V = l*w*h which will return 800. Using Dimensional Analysis and recalling that the rate is being pumped at a rate of ,   so, just divide the Volume by the Rate given since they are under the same units: .

3/4 ÷ 3/4

step-by-step explanation:

basically divide any proper fraction with itself to fit the criteria.

so if we are using 3/4, then:

3/4 ÷ 3/4 = 1

so 1 is the quotient.

and the numerators for both these fractions is 3.   and if we divide the numerators:

3 ÷ 3 = 1

we see that quotient is equal to our original quotient as well.