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Science - Physics / nuclear reactors | | Spanish term or phrase: la capacidad está a un 75% | la capacidad de las piscinas está hoy a un 75%.
Please help me express this idea, idon't know how to phrase it. |
| Anahí SeriKudoZ activityQuestions: 13 (none open) ( 1 without valid answers) Answers: 166
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| | At 75% capacity. | Explanation:
"The swimming pools are running at 75% capacity today."
But does this refer to the amount of water they contain, or the number of people using them???
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Note added at 18 mins (2011-08-25 11:40:37 GMT)
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@THE ASKER: Right, just knock the 'swimming' off, or use whatever word best fits. |
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Oliver Toogood
| Grading comment thanks! It was a stupid little question, but I wasn't sure how to express it!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer |
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11 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +6 At 75% capacity.
Explanation:
"The swimming pools are running at 75% capacity today."
But does this refer to the amount of water they contain, or the number of people using them???
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Note added at 18 mins (2011-08-25 11:40:37 GMT)
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@THE ASKER: Right, just knock the 'swimming' off, or use whatever word best fits.
| | | Grading comment | thanks! It was a stupid little question, but I wasn't sure how to express it! |
| Notes to answerer
Asker: it's about nuclear reactors, the pool is not for people but for keeping fuel in it
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