SOLUTION: Water is poured into a rectangular container 20 cm long 14 cm wide 9 cm high until 5/6 full. All this water is then poured into an empty cylindrical container with a radius of 15 c

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Question 850357: Water is poured into a rectangular container 20 cm long 14 cm wide 9 cm high until 5/6 full. All this water is then poured into an empty cylindrical container with a radius of 15 cm and height 20 cm. What is the height of the water in the cylinder?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Volume of water in the first container: 20%2A14%2A9=2520%2Acm%5E3.

That same volume in the cylindrical container:
Let y = height of the water;
highlight%28y%2Api%2A15%5E2=2520%29
Solve for y.

Depending on how much accuracy you can accept, 3%261%2F2 centimeters high.