document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=149472>Question 149472</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> ice cream scoops are often 1.25 inches in diameter.  how many scoops should you get from a half gallon of ice cream? a half gallon container can be approximated by a cylinder with a diameter of 4.8 inches and a height of 6.5 inches. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "r = 4.8/2 = 2.4 inches<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = 6.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "volume of cylinder = h(pi)r^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "volume of cylinder = 6.5(pi)(2.4)^2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "cone:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r = 1/2 d = 1/2(1.25) = 0.625 inches<BR>\n" );
document.write( "volume of sphere = 4/3(pi)r^3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "volume of sphere = 4/3(pi)(0.625)^3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "# of scoops = \"volume of cylinder\"/\"volume of sphere\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "[6.5(pi)(2.4)^2]/[4/3(pi)(0.625)^3]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "[6.5(2.4)^2]/[4/3(0.625)^3]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "[37.44]/[0.32552]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "115.016<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "or, approximately<BR>\n" );
document.write( "115 scoops<BR>\n" );
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