SOLUTION: find the volume, in a litres, of a cylindrical drum of diameter 28cm and height 50cm.

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Question 729386: find the volume, in a litres, of a cylindrical drum of diameter 28cm and height 50cm.
Answer by Simnepi(216)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the volume of a cylinder is given by

where h is the height and r is the radius of the cylinder
this gives us

using a calculator gives us
volume = 30787.61 cubic cm
since 1000 cubic cm = 1 Litre
then dividing by 1000 gives the volume to be
30.787 Litres

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