document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=753417>Question 753417</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a cylindrical container has a diameter of 12 inches and a height of 15 inches <BR>\n" );
document.write( "what is the height of this container to the nearest tenth of a cubic inch<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #458415 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39618)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=458415\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The height is a unit of distance and you ask for a height as a unit of volume.  This makes no sense.  Are you asking for a distance or are you asking for the volume of the cylinder?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What if you want to ask THIS:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A cylindrical container has a diameter of 12 inches and a height of 15 inches <BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the VOLUME of this container to the nearest tenth of a cubic inch?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For this volume, we want the area of the cross section of the circular part and the height of the cylinder.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Volume = height * circularCrossSectionArea<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Note that radius is diameter divided by 2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Volume = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=15%2A%28pi%2A%2812%2F2%29%5E2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"15%2A%28pi%2A%2812%2F2%29%5E2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "You can use a calculator and pick the accuracy you need.  <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Actually, simplification first gives volume =<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=15%2Api%2A36=%2815%29%2836%29%2Api ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"15%2Api%2A36=%2815%29%2836%29%2Api\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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