A cylindrical tank of diameter 1.4 m and height 1.2 m is two – thirds full of water. The tank if filled using a cylindrical...

      

A cylindrical tank of diameter 1.4 m and height 1.2 m is two – thirds full of water. The tank if filled using a cylindrical bucket of diameter 35 cm and diameter 20 cm. Find the number of buckets required to fill the tank.

  

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Kavungya answered the question on November 8, 2019 at 10:10

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