A car's gasoline tank has the shape of a right rectangular box having a square base of side 65 cm.Its capacity is 68 liters.If the distance between the top of the tank and the gasoline surface in the tank is 5.60 cm,what volume of gasoline is in the tank? Assume the car is parked on level ground.
A)30.6 liters
B)23.0 liters
C)44.4 liters
D)62.1 liters
E)57.8 liters

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The volume of the rectangular box is (65 cm)^2 * h where h is the height of the box. Converting the capacity of the tank to liters to cubic centimeters, we have 68,000 cm^3. Thus (65 cm)^2 * h = 68,000 cm^3 which gives us h = 20 cm. The volume of the gasoline is (65 cm)^2 * 5.60 cm = 23,030 cm^3 which is equal to 23.03 liters. Therefore, the best choice is C.

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