document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=282513>Question 282513</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A cylindrical  container has a base area of 100 M and is 12 m hight. If the container is one-third filled with water, what is the volume of the water in the container? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #205110 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=205110\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> volume of a cylinder = pi*r^2*h\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "r is the radius.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h is the height.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "base area of the cylinder = pi*r^2 = 100 square meters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "height of the cylinder = h = 12 meters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "volume of the cylinder = pr^2 * h =  100 * 12 = 1200 cubic meters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the cylinder is 1/3 filled with water, this means that the volume of the water is 1/3 the volume of the cylinder which means that the volume of the water is 400 cubic meters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Another way of looking at this is that the height of the cylinder is 12 meters and it is 1/3 filled with water which means that the height of the water is 4 meters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4 * 100 = 400 cubic meters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is the same result looking at it a different way.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your answer is that the volume of the water is 400 cubic meters.\r<BR>\n" );
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