I get it all when it's explained. Ask me again, tomorrow, with different dimensions and I'd probably be crying for help again. My brain just seizes up when it comes to math.
It didn't help that, as I was talking to my father (a school teacher for YEARS), and I said, "so then you divide the cubic feet by 0.134 to get the number of gallons", he said, "No! You multiply!". Then, when I say, "That doesn't seem like nearly enough water!" he says, "You divide it."
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3x20x24 for the shallow water
3x20x10 for the deep water
and a trigular prism piece for the sloped portion equal to 1/2 of 4x3x20
Total volume is 1,440 + 600 + 120 = 2,160 cu. ft.
Divide by 0.134 to get gallons give us 16,119.4 gallons
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Hence why you're the geek, and I'm the pots...
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ResQgeek, trying to fully live up to his screen name
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*boggling at the geekitude*
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It didn't help that, as I was talking to my father (a school teacher for YEARS), and I said, "so then you divide the cubic feet by 0.134 to get the number of gallons", he said, "No! You multiply!". Then, when I say, "That doesn't seem like nearly enough water!" he says, "You divide it."
AAAAaaAAAGGgggrrrhhh!