SOLUTION: a rectangular tank 25 cm long & 20 cm wide contains water at the depth of 5 cm. a metal cube of side 8 cm is placed in the tank so that one face of the cube rests on the bottom of
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Question 814891: a rectangular tank 25 cm long & 20 cm wide contains water at the depth of 5 cm. a metal cube of side 8 cm is placed in the tank so that one face of the cube rests on the bottom of the tank. find how many liter of water must be poured into the tank so as to just cover the cube?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
---Removed because of conceptual mistake---
Trying Again:
Final volume of original water, the 8 cm cube, and the added water together must be .
Volume quantities present before adding the final water are:
Their difference is the amount of water, in cubic centimeters, to add.
cubic centimeter, or about 0.99 liters.
Either I am still making a mistake in concept, or this answer & result, same as what I had just removed, is correct.
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