Why do places use Olympic size swimming pools as an amount of liquid but no one knows how much that really is?
An Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 meters long, 25 meters wide, and 2 meters deep. This means that it contains 2,500 cubic meters of water. However, most people don't know how much that really is.
One way to think about it is to compare it to a standard bathtub. A standard bathtub holds about 200 liters of water. So, an Olympic-size swimming pool holds about 12,500 bathtubs of water.
Another way to think about it is to compare it to a water truck. A typical water truck holds about 4,000 gallons of water. So, an Olympic-size swimming pool holds about 625 water trucks of water.
So, next time you hear someone say that something is "an Olympic-size swimming pool" of something, you'll know that it's a lot. But you'll also know that it's hard to say exactly how much it is.
FAQs
- How many gallons of water are in an Olympic-size swimming pool? About 660,000 gallons.
- How many liters of water are in an Olympic-size swimming pool? About 2,500,000 liters.
- How many bathtubs of water are in an Olympic-size swimming pool? About 12,500 bathtubs.
- How many water trucks of water are in an Olympic-size swimming pool? About 625 water trucks.
- How much does the water in an Olympic-size swimming pool weigh? About 2,500,000 kilograms.
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