Math Question

Kingfisher

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In a 3ft by 3ft square how many gallons of water do I need to equal a 1 inch rain?

Extra points if you know what I’m trying to solve. :)

Thanks in advance
 
Kingfisher said:
That’s not how this is supposed to work you two bull dogs. That’s not how this works :)

What am I doing?
Apparently trying to put 54 gallons of water on something. Other than that I am as confused as hungry baby in topless bar.
Don’t answer Kingfisher someone will figure it out.
 
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Caustic Burno said:
callmefence said:
5.61 gallons.

I didn’t use that fine a pencil rounded off some on the acre at 44k square feet and got 6 gallons.

It’s not an acre.......it’s a 3ft by 3ft TEST PLOT. Sorry for the confusion. For what it’s worth 54 gallons won’t dent an acre here
 
http://convert-to.com/conversion/water-weight-volume/convert-yd3-of-water-volume-to-us-gal-of-water-volume.html
 
Nesikep said:
Redgully said:
I have the answer, you're trying to work out why on earth you don't have a metric system.....

it's just shy of 1m x 1m and 2.5cm deep, so a little under 25 liters.. Oh, that's about 6 gallons!
That's sort of how I worked it out Nesi. When you grow up with the imperial system and change to metric you have a pretty good knowledge of how basic lengths and volumes convert over, like 3' is 90cm, 1" is 2.5cm and 1 litre is 1000 cubic cm. Makes it all very easy.

Ken
 
To calculate the gallons of water on a given area it is square feet times dept of water in inches times 0.62.

9 square feet X 1 inch X 0.62 = 5.58 gallons
 

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