SOLUTION: The gas tank of a truck cylinder is 4 ft long with a diameter of 2.5ft. At the gas station, a pump pours gas at the rate of 3ft cubed per minute. How many minutes does it take to f

Question 310795: The gas tank of a truck cylinder is 4 ft long with a diameter of 2.5ft. At the gas station, a pump pours gas at the rate of 3ft cubed per minute. How many minutes does it take to fill the empty tank with that pump?
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The gas tank of a truck cylinder is 4 ft long with a diameter of 2.5ft.
At the gas station, a pump pours gas at the rate of 3ft cubed per minute.
How many minutes does it take to fill the empty tank with that pump?
:
Find vol of a cylinder
r = 1.25 ft

V = 19.635 cu ft
:
time =
t = 6.545 minutes
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