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a rectangular tank is 9cm wide. It contains 1.5 L of water and 2.5 L of oil. The height of the water level in the tank is 6cm. What is the height of the oil level?
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a rectangular tank is 9cm wide. It contains 1.5 L of water and 2.5 L of oil. The height of the water level in the tank is 6cm. What is the height of the oil level?

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10 cm. If the ratio of liters of water to height in cm is 1.5:6, you divide 2.5 by 1.5 to get the height of the oil. When you do this, you get 1.6666666, you then multiply 6cm by 1.6666666 to get 10cm of oil.
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