Question
Marion filled a rectangular container which had a base area of 100 cm2 and a height of 39.4 cm with water. Then, she placed 3 identical metal cubes into this container. As a result, the height of the water in the rectangular container increased by 1.92 cm.

  1. What was the length of each side of the metal cube?
  2. After Marion removed the metal cubes from the container, she poured all the water from the container to fill jars of 0.28 ℓ. What was the maximum number of jars she could fill?
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Marion filled a rectangular container which had a base area of 100 cm2 and a height of 39.4 cm with water. Then, she placed 3 identical metal cubes into this container. As a result, the height of the water in the rectangular container increased by 1.92 cm.

  1. What was the length of each side of the metal cube?
  2. After Marion removed the metal cubes from the container, she poured all the water from the container to fill jars of 0.28 ℓ. What was the maximum number of jars she could fill?