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To find the number of gallons initially in the swimming pool, we need to substitute x = 0 into the equation g = 50x + 1,000 since x represents the number of hours since sunrise.
Therefore, when x = 0:
g = 50(0) + 1,000
g = 1,000
So, the initially there were 1,000 gallons in the swimming pool.