Question
Roshel filled a rectangular tank which had a base area of 125 cm2 and a height of 30.4 cm with water. Then, she placed 10 identical metal cubes into this tank. As a result, the height of the water in the rectangular tank increased by 2.16 cm.

  1. What was the length of each side of the metal cube?
  2. After Roshel removed the metal cubes from the tank, she poured all the water from the tank to fill pots of 0.84 ℓ. What was the maximum number of pots she could fill?
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Roshel filled a rectangular tank which had a base area of 125 cm2 and a height of 30.4 cm with water. Then, she placed 10 identical metal cubes into this tank. As a result, the height of the water in the rectangular tank increased by 2.16 cm.

  1. What was the length of each side of the metal cube?
  2. After Roshel removed the metal cubes from the tank, she poured all the water from the tank to fill pots of 0.84 ℓ. What was the maximum number of pots she could fill?