SOLUTION: Hi a container with base 60cm by 40cm and a height of 25cm was 4/5 filled with water. Some of the water was removed causing the water level to fall by 5cm. The remaining water was

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a container with base 60cm by 40cm and a height of 25cm was 4/5 filled with water. Some of the water was removed causing the water level to fall by 5cm. The remaining water was then poured into a tank and a basin, filling them to the brims. Tne capacity of the basin was 1/3 of the tank. If the tank was 18cm long 15cm wide what was the height of the water in the tank.
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Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


(1) Volume of original container:
(2) Volume of water in original container:
(3) Volume of water removed from original container:
(4) Volume of water remaining in original container:
The volume of the tank is 3 times the volume of the basin; so 3/4 of the water goes into the tank and 1/4 into the basin.
(5) Volume of water poured into the tank:
Let x be the height of the tank. The volume of the tank has to be 27000:




The height of the water in the tank is the height of the tank, because the tank is full.

The height of the water in the tank is 100 cm.
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