CSEC Physics · May/June 2008 · Paper 2 · Question 2(b)(ii)

A swimming pool 30 metres long is filled with water to a depth of 1 metre at the shallow end and 5 metres at the deep end (see Figure 2 not drawn to scale). The vertical cross-section ABCD through the pool has the shape of a trapezium with area given by: Area ABCD = ½(AB + CD) x AD.

Determine the volume of water in the pool, given that it is 20 metres wide.

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