The bathtub in the residential suite of the White House had to be enlarged for Warren G. Harding (WGH). (Dr. Atkins, where were you when he needed you!?!?!) WGH weighed 370. pounds. The bathtub is four feet wide, six feet long, and three feet high. How many gallons of water are needed to fill the WGH Memorial Bathtub up to the rim? (1 foot = 12 inches; 1 gal = 231 in3). [We won’t even talk about President Taft’s tub...] b. Well, that’s sort of a wacky question...why would WGH get in a tub completely filled with water? (I guess HE wouldn’t have to clean it up...) The average body density is 62 lbs/ft3. How many gallons of water are needed to fill the tub so that when WGH gets in the tub, the water reaches the rim but does not flow over? (0.4536 kg = 1 lb)
The bathtub in the residential suite of the White House had to be enlarged for Warren G.
Harding (WGH). (Dr. Atkins, where were you when he needed you!?!?!) WGH weighed 370.
pounds. The bathtub is four feet wide, six feet long, and three feet high. How many gallons of
water are needed to fill the WGH Memorial Bathtub up to the rim? (1 foot = 12 inches; 1 gal =
231 in3). [We won’t even talk about President Taft’s tub...]
b. Well, that’s sort of a wacky question...why would WGH get in a tub completely filled with
water? (I guess HE wouldn’t have to clean it up...) The average body density is 62 lbs/ft3. How
many gallons of water are needed to fill the tub so that when WGH gets in the tub, the water
reaches the rim but does not flow over? (0.4536 kg = 1 lb)
#(a):
Since we have to fill up to the rim of the bathtub, we have to completely fill the bathtub.
Given the length of bathtub, l = 6 feet
Breadth of the bathtub, b = 4 feet
Height of the bathtub, h = 3 feet
Required conversion factor: 1 feet = 12 inch or 12 in
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