Question
Esther filled a rectangular tank which had a base area of 96 cm2 and a height of 36.1 cm with water. Then, she placed 12 identical metal cubes into this tank. As a result, the height of the water in the rectangular tank increased by 64 cm.

  1. What was the length of each side of the metal cube?
  2. After Esther removed the metal cubes from the tank, she poured all the water from the tank to fill bottles of 0.16 ℓ. What was the maximum number of bottles she could fill?
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Esther filled a rectangular tank which had a base area of 96 cm2 and a height of 36.1 cm with water. Then, she placed 12 identical metal cubes into this tank. As a result, the height of the water in the rectangular tank increased by 64 cm.

  1. What was the length of each side of the metal cube?
  2. After Esther removed the metal cubes from the tank, she poured all the water from the tank to fill bottles of 0.16 ℓ. What was the maximum number of bottles she could fill?