Question
Nicole filled a rectangular container which had a base area of 36 cm2 and a height of 27.2 cm with water. Then, she placed 9 identical metal cubes into this container. As a result, the height of the water in the rectangular container increased by 54 cm.

  1. What was the length of each side of the metal cube?
  2. After Nicole removed the metal cubes from the container, she poured all the water from the container to fill pots of 0.73 ℓ. What was the maximum number of pots she could fill?
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Nicole filled a rectangular container which had a base area of 36 cm2 and a height of 27.2 cm with water. Then, she placed 9 identical metal cubes into this container. As a result, the height of the water in the rectangular container increased by 54 cm.

  1. What was the length of each side of the metal cube?
  2. After Nicole removed the metal cubes from the container, she poured all the water from the container to fill pots of 0.73 ℓ. What was the maximum number of pots she could fill?