SOLUTION: Two similar glasses have heights in the ratio 3:5. If, when using the larger glass, it takes 54 glasses of water to fill a fish tank, how many glasses of water would be needed to f

Question 1122269: Two similar glasses have heights in the ratio 3:5. If, when using the larger glass, it takes 54 glasses of water to fill a fish tank, how many glasses of water would be needed to fill it using the smaller glass?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The glasses are like cylinders.

Let radius for smaller glass be 3r.

SMALL:

LARGE:

54 of the larger glass was needed.
x of the smaller glass to be needed.
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Solve for x.
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