SOLUTION: Jennifer measured the amount of water a drinking straw can hold to be 5 cubic cm (cc). The strawa is 19.5 cm long. What is the diameter of the straw?

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Question 183907: Jennifer measured the amount of water a drinking straw can hold to be 5 cubic cm (cc). The strawa is 19.5 cm long. What is the diameter of the straw?
Answer by jojo14344(1513)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

We can use formula: (*straw is a cylindrical shape)
Then,
--->

, radius
Then, , Answer
Thank you,
Jojo

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