SOLUTION: Elena wonders how much water it would take to fill her cup. She drops her pencil in her cup and notices that it just fits diagonally. The pencil is 17 cm long and the cup is 15 cm
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Question 1194525: Elena wonders how much water it would take to fill her cup. She drops her pencil in her cup and notices that it just fits diagonally. The pencil is 17 cm long and the cup is 15 cm tall. How much water can the cup hold? Round your answer to the nearest cubic centimeter.
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Elena wonders how much water it would take to fill her cup. She drops her pencil in her cup and notices that it just fits diagonally. The pencil is 17 cm long and the cup is 15 cm tall. How much water can the cup hold? Round your answer to the nearest cubic centimeter.
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If "diagonally" means the diameter is 17 cms, then the radius is 8.5 cm.
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The statement of the problem needs to include a definition of the shape of the cup; without that, the question can't be answered.
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