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

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