Question
Joelle filled a rectangular tank which had a base area of 120 cm2 and a height of 32.7 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 51.2 cm.

  1. What was the length of each side of the metal cube?
  2. After Joelle removed the metal cubes from the tank, she poured all the water from the tank to fill cans of 0.25 ℓ. What was the maximum number of cans she could fill?
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Joelle filled a rectangular tank which had a base area of 120 cm2 and a height of 32.7 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 51.2 cm.

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