Iarrive home to find that my 50 foot by 40 foot basement has 18 inches of water in it.
- if 1 cubic foot contains 7.48 gallons, how many gallons of water are in my basement?
- if i have a pump that can move 1000 gallons of water per hour, how many hours will it take to remove the water from my basement?

22.35 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

We given that

Length of basement=50 foot

Breadth of basement =40 foot

Height of water in basement =18 inches

We have to calculate number of hours to remove the water from the basement

We know that 1 inch= 0.083 foot

18 inches ==1.494 foot

Volume of water in basement =

Volume of water in basement =2988 cubic foot

We are given that 1 cubic foot =7.48 gallons

2988 cubic foot=

Volume of water in basement =22350.24 gallons

In one hour, water can remove by pumping=1000 gallons

Time taken to remove 1 gallon of water  by pumping =

Time taken to remove 22350.24 gallons of water by pumping ==22.35 hours

Hence, It will take 22.35 hours to remove the water from my basement .