document.write( "Question 93229: jimmy works on a farm. one of his jobs is to fill up the liquid fertilizer tanks when the farmer is spreading the fertilizer. each tank is a cylinder with a diameter of 6 ft. and a height of 4ft. if there seven tanks and 1 cubic foot=7.5 gallons of liquid. how many gallons of fertilizer will all the tanks hold? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #67870 by Earlsdon(6294)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! First, find the volume of one cylindrical tank: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Radius = half the diameter. \n" ); document.write( "r = D/2 = 6/2 = 3 ft. \n" ); document.write( "h = 4 ft. \n" ); document.write( "Use \n" ); document.write( "The volume of one tank is: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "If 1 cu.ft = 7.5 gallons of liquid fertilizer, then: \n" ); document.write( "791.28 cu.ft. = (7.5gal/cu.ft)(791.28cu.ft.) gallons. \n" ); document.write( "This equals 5934.6 gallons. \n" ); document.write( "So, the 7 tanks will hold 5934.6 gallons of liquid fertilizer. \n" ); document.write( " |