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Question from Kyle, a parent: If a water tank holds 750 cubic meters of water and it is 15 metres long and 10 metres wide how many meters tall is it ? |
Kyle,
The volume of a rectangular solid is the length times the width times the height. Thus
length × width × height = 750 cubic meters
or
15 × 10 × height = 750 cubic meters
solve for the height.
Penny
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