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A rectangular container is 20cm long and 25cmwide. If the volume is 5000 cubic centimeters whenfull, what is the height of the container?Show your work.

A rectangular container is 20cm long and 25cmwide. If the volume is 5000 cubic centimeters-example-1
User Widget
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Given:


\text{length(l)}=20\operatorname{cm};wide(w)=25cm;Volume=5000cm^3

To find : height (h)


\text{Volume of a retangular }container=l* w* h\text{ cubic units}
5000=20*25* h
(5000)/(20*25)=h
h=(5000)/(500)
h=10

Therefore, the height of the container is 10 cm

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