a beach is 7.3 miles wide and 30 miles long. If one inch of rain falls on this beach, how many cubic feet of rain fell in this area?
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Answer: 508,780,800 cubic feet.Step-by-step explanation:This is equivalent to the volume of a huge prism.V = 7.3 miles * 30 miles * 1 inchConvert to feet ( there are 5280 feet in a mile), and 1 inch = 1/12 of a foot:Number of cubic feet which fell = 7.3 * 5280 * 30 * 5280 * 1/12= 508,780,800 cubic feet.