SOLUTION: conical water tank has a base with a diameter of 6 ft and is 10 ft tall. How many gallons of water will the tank hold? Round your solution to the nearest hundredth. (1 cubic foot h

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Question 210034: conical water tank has a base with a diameter of 6 ft and is 10 ft tall. How many gallons of water will the tank hold? Round your solution to the nearest hundredth. (1 cubic foot holds about 7.480519 gallons)
Answer by tutor_paul(519)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Equation for the Volume of a Cone:

You are given r and h, so plug and chug...



cubic feet
To determine how many gallons this is, just use the conversion information given in the problem. I will leave that part up to you.
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Good Luck,
tutor_paul@yahoo.com

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