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Please help with the following question. I do not know whichequation to use. Approximately 118 miles wide and 307 miles long and averaging279 ft in depth, Lake Michigan is the second-largest Great Lake byvolume. Estimate its volume of water in m3. (Note that2.54cm = 1in and 5280 ft = 1 mile) Thanks for any help!!! Please help with the following question. I do not know whichequation to use. Approximately 118 miles wide and 307 miles long and averaging279 ft in depth, Lake Michigan is the second-largest Great Lake byvolume. Estimate its volume of water in m3. (Note that2.54cm = 1in and 5280 ft = 1 mile) Thanks for any help!!!

Explanation / Answer

1 mile = 1609 m 1 ft = 0.3048 m volume = 118 mile * 307 mile * 279 ft = (118*1609 m) * (307 * 1609m) * (279 * 0.3048 m) = 7.975*1012 m3

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