SOLUTION: The volume of a cylinder is 300 pi. It has an altitude of 3. What is the radius of a base of this cylinder?

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Question 259541: The volume of a cylinder is 300 pi. It has an altitude of 3. What is the radius of a base of this cylinder?
Answer by drk(1908)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The volume formula is

we know V = 300pi, and h = 3, so we get

dividing by 3pi, we get

taking a square root, we get
r = 10.

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