SOLUTION: the gas tank of a truck is a cylinder 5ft long with a diameter of 1.5ft. at the gas station, a pump pours gas at the rate of 2 ft^3 per minute. how many minutes does it take to fil

Question 823472: the gas tank of a truck is a cylinder 5ft long with a diameter of 1.5ft. at the gas station, a pump pours gas at the rate of 2 ft^3 per minute. how many minutes does it take to fill the empty tank with that pump? use the value 3.14 for pi
Found 2 solutions by richwmiller, ewatrrr:
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5*.75^2*3.14/2
4.415625
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Hi,
cylinder 5ft long with a diameter of 1.5ft (radius of .75 ft)

V = = | Note
a pump pours gas at the rate of 2 ft^3 per minute.
time it takes to fill the empty tank with that pump
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