Item 17 The amount of chlorine in a swimming pool varies directly with the volume of water. The pool has 2.5 milligrams of chlor

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Item 17 The amount of chlorine in a swimming pool varies directly with the volume of water. The pool has 2.5 milligrams of chlor

ine per liter of water. There are 8000 gallons of water in the swimming pool. How much chlorine is in the pool? Round to the nearest thousand milligrams.

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zvonat [6] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-22T19:48:22+03:00

zvonat [6]3 years ago

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$8000 gal *\frac{ 1 L}{0.264 gal}*\frac{2.5 mg}{1 L} = 75,757 mg$

Rounding to nearest thousand gives 76,000 mg of chlorine