Question

Water flows from a tank with a rectangular base measuring 80cm by 70cm into another tank with a squarebase of side 60cm. If the water in the first tank is 45cm deep , how deep will it be in the second tank.

Answer 1

70cm

Explanation:

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Since, both of the tank posses the same quantity of water then there volume is the same thing

For rectangular base

Volume= (Lenght × breadth × hheight)

If we substitute values

Lenght= 80 cm

Breadth= 70 cm

height= 45 cm

Volume= 80cm × 70cm × 45cm

Volume= 252000cm^3

For square base

Volume= (side)^2 × height

side =60cm.

But volume of square base= volume of

rectangular base

252000cm^3= 60^2 × height

Height= (252000cm^3)/(60^2 )

Height= 70 cm

Hence, the second tank is 70 cm deep