Question
Xandra filled a rectangular container which had a base area of 48 cm2 and a height of 24.4 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 36 cm.

  1. What was the length of each side of the metal cube?
  2. After Xandra removed the metal cubes from the container, she poured all the water from the container to fill tins of 0.62 ℓ. What was the maximum number of tins she could fill?
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Xandra filled a rectangular container which had a base area of 48 cm2 and a height of 24.4 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 36 cm.

  1. What was the length of each side of the metal cube?
  2. After Xandra removed the metal cubes from the container, she poured all the water from the container to fill tins of 0.62 ℓ. What was the maximum number of tins she could fill?