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Christian has a large rectangular container that is 30 inches by 20 inches by 20 inches. He also has a small cubical container with each side 10 inches. If he fills up the small container with water and pours into the large container, the water reaches to how many inches?

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find volumes
V=LWH
large is
30*20*20=V=12000 in^3

small is 10 by 10 by 10
V=10*10*10
V=1000

how many times of smaller=larger
hw many times 1000=12000
divide both sides by 1000
how many times =12


answer is 12 times


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