document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=178332>Question 178332</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Carls' Coffee sells coffee in cylindrical cans. The volume of a can is 24.7275 cubic inches. The height of the can is 2 inches more than the radius. Use Rational Root Theorem to find the height and radius of the can. Use 3.14 for the volume of pi. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The volume of a can is 24.7275 cubic inches. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The height of the can is 2 inches more than the radius. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use Rational Root Theorem to find the height and radius of the can. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use 3.14 for the value of pi.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Volume = (pi)r^2h\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "24.7275 = (3.14)*x^2(x+2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7.871 = x^3 + 2x^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x^3 + 2x^2 - 7.871 = 0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I graphed it;it crosses the x-axis once at x = 1.4996862....<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or about x = 1.5.  The other two roots are complex.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Radius is 1.5 and height is 3.5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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