Question
Usha filled a rectangular tank which had a base area of 40 cm2 and a height of 33.4 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 218.7 cm.

  1. What was the length of each side of the metal cube?
  2. After Usha removed the metal cubes from the tank, she poured all the water from the tank to fill bottles of 0.41 ℓ. What was the maximum number of bottles she could fill?
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Usha filled a rectangular tank which had a base area of 40 cm2 and a height of 33.4 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 218.7 cm.

  1. What was the length of each side of the metal cube?
  2. After Usha removed the metal cubes from the tank, she poured all the water from the tank to fill bottles of 0.41 ℓ. What was the maximum number of bottles she could fill?