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 Name: James Lewis
Grade: 6
School: JCM Intermediate School

The basement will be dry by 9:36 pm.

Name: Jay
Grade: 9th
School: PVMS

9:36

24x28x4=2688  2688/8=336  336/60=5.6 hours or 5 hours-36 minutes

5 hours-36 minutes + 4 pm = 9:36

Name: Sean Thompson
Grade: 8
School: Pleasant Valley Middle School

L x W x H = Volume
28 x 24 x 4 = 2688 cubic feet
2688 cubic feet / 8 cubic feet per minute(rate of water pump)=
336 minutes
336 min / 60 min = 5.6 hours
.6 hour x 60 = 36 minutes
4:00PM = 5 hours, 36 minutes = 9:36 PM

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