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A swimming pool is 30 yards wide. The pool has lanes for swimming laps. Each lane is 9 feet wide. How many lanes are there?

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Answer:

3

Step-by-step explanation:

30/9 = 3.33333333333

Since there the maximum amount of lanes there can be is 3 without having a remainder, the answer is three.

The number of lanes in the swimming pool is 10

Calculating quantity

From the question, we are to determine the number of lanes in the pool

From the given information,

The swimming pool is 30 yards wide.

That is,

Width of the pool = 30 yards

Convert to from yard to feet

NOTE: 1 yard = 3 feet

∴ 30 yards = 3 × 30 feet  = 90 feet

Also,

Each lane is 9 feet wide

That is,

Width of each lane = 9 feet

Number of lanes in the swimming pool = Width of the swimming pool ÷ Width of each lane

Number of lanes in the swimming pool = 90 feet ÷ 9 feet

Number of lanes in the swimming pool = 10

Hence, the number of lanes in the swimming pool is 10

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