Its very important of the chapter surfaces areas and volumes of ncert class 10th , please help me to solve this question in a easiest way of exercise 13.5 question number 3. Find the easiest solution of this important question also give the best solution of this question. A cistern, internally measuring 150 cm × 120 cm × 100 cm, has 129600 cm3 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 without overflowing the water, each being 22.5 cm × 7.5 cm × 6.5 cm?
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A cistern, internally measuring 150 cm × 120 cm × 100 cm, has 129600 cm3 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 without overflowing the water, each being 22.5 cm × 7.5 cm × 6.5 cm? Q.3
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Given that the dimension of the cistern = 150 × 120 × 110
So, volume = 1980000 cm3
Volume to be filled in cistern = 1980000 – 129600
= 1850400 cm3
Now, let the number of bricks placed be “n”
So, volume of n bricks will be = n×22.5×7.5×6.5
Now as each brick absorbs one-seventeenth of its volume, the volume will be
= n/(17)×(22.5×7.5×6.5)
For the condition given in the question,
The volume of n bricks has to be equal to volume absorbed by n bricks + Volume to be filled in cistern
Or, n×22.5×7.5×6.5 = 1850400+n/(17)×(22.5×7.5×6.5)
Solving this we get,
n = 1792.41