Question

a water tank is 1.2m square and 1.35m deep. it is half full of water. how many times can a 9-liter bucket be filled from the tank?

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

First, we need to find the volume of the tank. The volume of a square prism (such as a tank) is found by multiplying the area of the base by the height.

Area of the base = 1.2m x 1.2m = 1.44 m²
Volume of the tank = 1.44 m² x 1.35 m = 1.94 m³

Since the tank is half full, the volume of water in the tank is:

1.94 m³ / 2 = 0.97 m³

To find out how many times a 9-liter bucket can be filled from the tank, we need to convert the volume of water in the tank from cubic meters to liters.

1 m³ = 1000 liters
0.97 m³ x 1000 = 970 liters

Finally, to find out how many times a 9-liter bucket can be filled from the tank, we divide the volume of water by the volume of the bucket:

970 liters / 9 liters = 107.78

Therefore, a 9-liter bucket can be filled from the tank approximately 107 times.