document.write( "Question 322478: if a cylinder is 57 inches tall and holds 10 gallons how wide is it? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "A US liquid gallon is 231 cubic inches.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "A US dry gallon is 268.8025 cubic inches.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since the volume of the cylinder is given by the area of the base times the height, the volume divided by the height must equal the area of the base:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "And the diameter is then twice that:\r
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