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A cistern, internally measuring 150 cm x 120 cm x 110 cm. has `129600 cm^3` of water in it.Porous bricks are placed in the water until the cistern is full to the brim.Each brick absorbs one-seventeenth of its own volume of water. How many bricks can be put in it without overflowing the water, each brick being 22.5 cm x 7.5 cm x 6.5 cm?

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Solution:
Volume of cistern
=`150×120×110`
=`1980000 cm^3`
Volume to be filled in cistern = `1980000/129600`
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