SOLUTION: A grain silo consists of a cylindrical main section and ahemispherical roof. If the total volume of the silo (including thepart inside the roof section) is 15000 ft{}^3 and the cyl

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Question 680312: A grain silo consists of a cylindrical main section and ahemispherical roof. If the total volume of the silo (including thepart inside the roof section) is 15000 ft{}^3 and the cylindrical part is 30 fttall, what is the radius of the silo?

Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Formula for the volume of a cylinder:
volume
Then we input the known values: and the cylindrical part is













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