SOLUTION: a barn silo consists of a cylinder with a hemisphere on top. the cylinder has a height of 25m and a diameter of 10m what is the capacity of the silo? leave answer in tearms of pie.

Question 875365: a barn silo consists of a cylinder with a hemisphere on top. the cylinder has a height of 25m and a diameter of 10m what is the capacity of the silo? leave answer in tearms of pie.
what i did was i found the volume for both then halved the sphere because its only a half on the top and then added the two together to get 791.67 pie
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Volume of hemisphere = (2/3)pir^3
=(2/3)pi*5^3
=83.33 pi
Volume of cylinder = pi * r^2*h
=pi*5^2*25
=625 pi
add up both
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