SOLUTION: a tin contains 8 litre of oil. 3/4 of the oil was poured into an empty rectangular container with a base area of 300 cm^2. if the container was 5/6 filled at the end, find the heig
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Question 1205355: a tin contains 8 litre of oil. 3/4 of the oil was poured into an empty rectangular container with a base area of 300 cm^2. if the container was 5/6 filled at the end, find the height of the container. Answer by ikleyn(52782) (Show Source):
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a tin contains 8 litre of oil. 3/4 of the oil was poured into an empty rectangular container
with a base area of 300 cm^2. if the container was 5/6 filled at the end, find the height of the container.
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3/4 of 8 liters is 6 liters, or 6000 cm^3.
The height of the oil in the container with the base os 300 cm^2 is = 20 cm.
Since these 20 cm are 5/6 od the container height, hence
the container height is = 6*4 = 24 cm. ANSWER
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