SOLUTION: How many 9.5 cu ft barrels are required when emptying a cylindrical tank 22.5 ft long and 9 ft in diameter?

Question 854976: How many 9.5 cu ft barrels are required when emptying a cylindrical tank 22.5 ft long and 9 ft in diameter?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39795) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since everything is in feet or cubic feet, you can just focus on the numbers.

volume of cylinder tank: and notice diameter is cut in half to use radius.

How many of the are in the ?

This will be a rational number of pi, but can be approximated to barrels. This is about 24.1 barrels.
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