document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=272188>Question 272188</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A farmer has two grain silos, both shaped like right circular cylinder, with dimensions shown in the diagrams below.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "SILO A   ^30 ft    (height)                 SILO B   ^30 ft(height)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<12 ft> (width of base)                     <30 ft>(width of base)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The farmer has the same amount of grain stored in each silo. Silo A is filled to the top. What is the height, in feet, of the level of the grain in Silo B? explain how you arrived at your answer. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "volume = pi*r^2*30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "diameter = 12, so<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r = 1/2d = 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "volume = pi*36*30 = 3392.92<BR>\n" );
document.write( "it is full to the top, so that is volume of grain.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Silo B<BR>\n" );
document.write( "has the same amount of grain in it, so it has 3392.92 cubic ft<BR>\n" );
document.write( "base diameter = 30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "substituting the known volume<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3392.92 = pi*15^2*h, where 'h' is the height of the seed in Silo B<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = 3392.92/(pi*15^2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = 4.8 ft </SPAN>\n" );
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