SOLUTION: A rectangular glass container is 160 cm long, 80 cm wide, and x cm high. The height of the water in the rectangular container was 5/8 the height of the container. Edward poured out

Question 971605: A rectangular glass container is 160 cm long, 80 cm wide, and x cm high. The height of the water in the rectangular container was 5/8 the height of the container. Edward poured out 156,000 cubic cm of water from the container. The height of the water is now 1/4 the height of the container.
find the height of the rectangular container.
160 * 80 * x = 156,000
x = 156,000/12,800
x = 12.18
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
represents of volume.

More fully, , and solving for x is simple.
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