Question
Gabby filled a rectangular tank which had a base area of 128 cm2 and a height of 31.8 cm with water. Then, she placed 5 identical metal cubes into this tank. As a result, the height of the water in the rectangular tank increased by 2.5 cm.

  1. What was the length of each side of the metal cube?
  2. After Gabby removed the metal cubes from the tank, she poured all the water from the tank to fill jars of 0.27 ℓ. What was the maximum number of jars she could fill?
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Gabby filled a rectangular tank which had a base area of 128 cm2 and a height of 31.8 cm with water. Then, she placed 5 identical metal cubes into this tank. As a result, the height of the water in the rectangular tank increased by 2.5 cm.

  1. What was the length of each side of the metal cube?
  2. After Gabby removed the metal cubes from the tank, she poured all the water from the tank to fill jars of 0.27 ℓ. What was the maximum number of jars she could fill?