17. A fish tank is a right regular hexagonal prism with hexagon side lengths of 18 inches andheight of 3 feet. How many gallons of water does it hold? Note: 1 gallon of wateroccupies 231 cubic inches of space. Round your answer to the nearest gallon.

Volume of regular hexagonal prism(V)=332b2hwhere b=side of hexagon, h=height

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A fish tank is a right regular hexagonal prism with hexagon side lengths of 18 inches an height of 3 feet. How many gallons of water does it hold? Note: 1 gallon of water occupies 231 cubic inches of space. Round your answer to the nearest gallon.