Question
X and Y are two rectangular containers. The base area of X is 84 cm2 while that of Y is 48 cm2 . At first, X contained water to a height of 36 cm and Y was empty, as shown.
  1. What was the volume of the water in X at first? 
  2. Valen then poured some water from X to Y. After that, the height of the water level in X was thrice that in Y.  What was the new height of the water level in X? 
3 m
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X and Y are two rectangular containers. The base area of X is 84 cm2 while that of Y is 48 cm2 . At first, X contained water to a height of 36 cm and Y was empty, as shown.
  1. What was the volume of the water in X at first? 
  2. Valen then poured some water from X to Y. After that, the height of the water level in X was thrice that in Y.  What was the new height of the water level in X?