Virginia Beach is 10 miles wide and 30 miles long. If one inch of rain falls on Virginia Beach, how many cubic feet of rain fell on the beach?

1 Answer
Jul 11, 2018

Rainfall on the beach was #696960000# cubic ft.

Explanation:

Width of Virginia beach is #10 * 5280 =52800# ft.

Length of Virginia beach is #30 * 5280 =158400# ft.

Height of rainfall is #1#inch or #1/12# ft.

Cubic ft of rainfall is #R=52800*158400*1/12= 696960000#

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