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 a percent

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13 June, 11:42

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 a percent

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Cristal · Answer 1

(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.