Question

how many 3.25 oz cups of pudding does it take to fill a 5x5x2.5 hottub? have to show work with answer.

Answer 1

Answer:

  1534 pudding cups

Step-by-step explanation:

The volume of the tub with dimensions 5 ft × 5 ft × 2.5 inches is ...

  (5×12 in)×(5×12 in)×(2.5 in) = 9000 in³

The volume of 3.25 fluid ounces is (231/128)×3.25 in³, so the number of pudding cups required to fill the "hot tub" is ...

  (9000 in³)/(231/128×3.25 in³) ≈ 1534.47 . . . pudding cups

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If the tub is 2.5 ft deep, not 2.5 inches, then the number of pudding cups required is 12 times this amount, or ...

  12×1534.47 ≈ 18,413.59 ≈ 18,414 . . . pudding cups

This is because the tub volume is not 9000 in³, but is 12 times that amount, or 108,000 in³.