Question
Gwen filled a rectangular container which had a base area of 80 cm2 and a height of 21.1 cm with water. Then, she placed 8 identical metal cubes into this container. As a result, the height of the water in the rectangular container increased by 12.5 cm.

  1. What was the length of each side of the metal cube?
  2. After Gwen removed the metal cubes from the container, she poured all the water from the container to fill bottles of 0.25 ℓ. What was the maximum number of bottles she could fill?
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Gwen filled a rectangular container which had a base area of 80 cm2 and a height of 21.1 cm with water. Then, she placed 8 identical metal cubes into this container. As a result, the height of the water in the rectangular container increased by 12.5 cm.

  1. What was the length of each side of the metal cube?
  2. After Gwen removed the metal cubes from the container, she poured all the water from the container to fill bottles of 0.25 ℓ. What was the maximum number of bottles she could fill?