Question
Cindy filled a rectangular tank which had a base area of 135 cm2 and a height of 33.4 cm with water. Then, she placed 12 identical metal cubes into this tank. As a result, the height of the water in the rectangular tank increased by 2.4 cm.

  1. What was the length of each side of the metal cube?
  2. After Cindy removed the metal cubes from the tank, she poured all the water from the tank to fill pots of 0.26 ℓ. What was the maximum number of pots she could fill?
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Cindy filled a rectangular tank which had a base area of 135 cm2 and a height of 33.4 cm with water. Then, she placed 12 identical metal cubes into this tank. As a result, the height of the water in the rectangular tank increased by 2.4 cm.

  1. What was the length of each side of the metal cube?
  2. After Cindy removed the metal cubes from the tank, she poured all the water from the tank to fill pots of 0.26 ℓ. What was the maximum number of pots she could fill?