Question
Nicole filled a rectangular container which had a base area of 75 cm2 and a height of 32.4 cm with water. Then, she placed 12 identical metal cubes into this container. As a result, the height of the water in the rectangular container increased by 10.24 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 tins of 0.23 ℓ. What was the maximum number of tins she could fill?
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Nicole filled a rectangular container which had a base area of 75 cm2 and a height of 32.4 cm with water. Then, she placed 12 identical metal cubes into this container. As a result, the height of the water in the rectangular container increased by 10.24 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 tins of 0.23 ℓ. What was the maximum number of tins she could fill?