Question
A cuboid of base 12.5cm by 20cm holds exactly 1 litre of water. What is the height of the cuboid?
Answers
Reiny
Behold the beauty of the metric system.
l litre of water has a mass of 1 kg and can be contained in a cube of 10cm by 10 cm by 10 cm or 1000 cm^3
so let the height of the cuboid be h cm
(12.5)(20)(h) = 1000
h = ....
l litre of water has a mass of 1 kg and can be contained in a cube of 10cm by 10 cm by 10 cm or 1000 cm^3
so let the height of the cuboid be h cm
(12.5)(20)(h) = 1000
h = ....
Amina Danladi
H=1000/250=4cm