SOLUTION: a cylinder has a volume of about 500 centimeters cubed and a height of 10 centimeters what is the length of the radius to the nearest tenth of a centimeter?

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Question 194666: a cylinder has a volume of about 500 centimeters cubed and a height of 10 centimeters what is the length of the radius to the nearest tenth of a centimeter?
Answer by RAY100(1637)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Volume of Cylinder = Area of base * Height = B*h
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500 = pi * r^2 * h = pi * r^2 * 10
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r^2 = 500 / (10pi) = 15.915
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r= 3.989 = 4.0 cm
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check
v=Bh = pi * (4^2) *10 = 502.7,,,,,ok

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