SOLUTION: If I pour the water from a full 3x3x3 ft cube into a cube that is 4 ft wide, 3 ft long and 3 ft high, what would be the depth of the water?

Question 973088: If I pour the water from a full 3x3x3 ft cube into a cube that is 4 ft wide, 3 ft long and 3 ft high, what would be the depth of the water?

Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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In the rectangular tank (3'long x 4'wide x3'high), each inch of height contains:

For each inch in height the tank contains 1 cubic foot of water.
From the square tank:

The 3 foot cube contains 27 cubic feet of water, so the water would be 27 inches high in the rectangular tank.

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