SOLUTION: A container company wants to make a cylindrical can with a volume of 1188 inches. Solve for h. What height should the company make the can if the radius of the base must be 6 inche

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Question 984367: A container company wants to make a cylindrical can with a volume of 1188 inches. Solve for h. What height should the company make the can if the radius of the base must be 6 inches?
Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


The volume of a cylinder is the area of the circular base times the height, so:



Plug in the given numbers and solve for

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

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