document.write( "Question 301648: Two designs for an oil storage tank are being considered: spherical and cylindrical. The two tanks would have the same capacity and would each have an inside diameter of 30 feet. What would be the height of the cylindrical tank? \n" ); document.write( "

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Two designs for an oil storage tank are being considered: spherical and cylindrical.
\n" ); document.write( "The two tanks would have the same capacity and would each have an inside diameter of 30 feet. What would be the height of the cylindrical tank?
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\n" ); document.write( "radius of both tanks = 15 ft
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\n" ); document.write( "let h = the height of the cylinder
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\n" ); document.write( "Cylinder vol = Sphere vol
\n" ); document.write( " $\"pi%2Ar%5E2%2Ah+=+%284%2F3%29%2Api%2Ar%5E3\"$
\n" ); document.write( "divide both sides by $\"pi%2Ar%5E2\"$ , resulting in a simple equation:
\n" ); document.write( "h = $\"4%2F3\"$ r
\n" ); document.write( "h = $\"4%2F3\"$ *15
\n" ); document.write( "h = 20 ft is the height \n" ); document.write( "

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