Question
R and S are two rectangular tanks. The base area of R is 98 cm2 while that of S is 49 cm2 . At first, R contained water to a height of 56 cm and S was empty, as shown.
  1. What was the volume of the water in R at first? 
  2. Neave then poured some water from R to S. After that, the height of the water level in R was twice that in S.  What was the new height of the water level in R? 
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R and S are two rectangular tanks. The base area of R is 98 cm2 while that of S is 49 cm2 . At first, R contained water to a height of 56 cm and S was empty, as shown.
  1. What was the volume of the water in R at first? 
  2. Neave then poured some water from R to S. After that, the height of the water level in R was twice that in S.  What was the new height of the water level in R?