The water in a swimming pool increased from 4.5 to 6 feet.What is the percent in the water level rounded to the nearest tenth of

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Molodets [167]

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The water in a swimming pool increased from 4.5 to 6 feet.What is the percent in the water level rounded to the nearest tenth of

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GalinKa [24] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-26T20:14:37+03:00

(6) / (4.5) = 4 / 3 = 1.333...

The level increased by 33-1/3 % .

The old level was 75% of the new level.

The amount of water in the pool also had to
increase 33-1/3 % . If you didn't have that
much water to put in the pool, you couldn't
change the surface level from 4.5ft to 6ft .