document.write( "Question 826705: Two tennis, each with diameter of 18cm, are packed tightly inside a cylinder can. What is the volume of the can? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "A mid-cross-section of the can with the balls in it\r\n" );
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document.write( "would look like this\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we can see that the can is 18cm wide, which means its diameter\r\n" );
document.write( "is 18cm.\r\n" );
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document.write( "And if we draw the green lines vertically:\r\n" );
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document.write( "We see that the can is 2×18 or 36cm high.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The volume of a cylinder is\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since the diameter of the can = 18cm, the radius of the can = 9cm.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we substitute r = 9 and h = 36, and \r\n" );
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document.write( "to the nearest cubic centimeter.\r\n" );
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