SOLUTION: a cylinder shaped jar contains 15 centimeters of water when the jar is filled to the top, The area of the base of the cylinder is 5 square centimeters. What is the height of the ja

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Question 937807: a cylinder shaped jar contains 15 centimeters of water when the jar is filled to the top, The area of the base of the cylinder is 5 square centimeters. What is the height of the jar?
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a cylinder shaped jar contains 15 CUBIC centimeters of water when the jar is filled to the top,
The area of the base of the cylinder is 5 square centimeters.
What is the height of the jar?
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If you meant cu/cm, this problem makes more sense.
volume of cylinder V+=+pi%2Ar%5E2%2Ah
Area of the base = pi%2Ar%5E2 so we can replace that with 5 sq/cm
5h = 15
h = 3 cm is the height of the jar