Alicia buys a fish tank. The dimensions of the fish tank are 80 cm x 35cm x 40cm. Alicia fills the tank with water to 4/5 of the

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height of the tank. What is the mass of the water in the fish tank? "I know that 1 cm of water has a mass of 1 gram." Give your answer in kilograms.

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Ira Lisetskai [31] · Answer 1 · 2023-01-12T18:45:16+03:00

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Answer: 89.6 kg of water

Step-by-step explanation:

Find the total volume of the tank:

(80cm)*(35cm)*(40cm) = 112,000 cm^3

4/5 of this would be 89,600 cm^3

Water has a mass of 1 gram/cm^3

(1 gram/cm^3)*(89,600 cm^3) = 89,600 g of water

(89,600 g)*(1 kg/1,000 g) = 89.6 kg of water