document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1141391>Question 1141391</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A company makes steel rods shaped like cylinders. Each rod has a diameter of <BR>\n" );
document.write( "4 centimeters and a height of 90 centimeters. If the company used 30,520.8 centimeters cube of steel, how many rods did it make?<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 #761944 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=math_helper><B>math_helper(2461)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=math_helper><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=math_helper><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=761944\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The volume of each rod is  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+V+=+pi%2Ar%5E2%2Ah++=+pi%2A%284%2F2%29%5E2%2A90+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+V+=+pi%2Ar%5E2%2Ah++=+pi%2A%284%2F2%29%5E2%2A90+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1130.973 cm^3<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now divide the volume consumed by the volume of each rod:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "   <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+30520.8%2F+1130.973+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+30520.8%2F+1130.973+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  = 26.986 (they can make <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+highlight%28matrix%281%2C2%2C%22+26%22%2C+%22+rods%22%29%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+highlight%28matrix%281%2C2%2C%22+26%22%2C+%22+rods%22%29%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, with just less than one rod's worth of material left over)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Side note: I ignored the possibility that the stock material has a shape that allows fewer rods to be made.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Be aware that sometimes the geometry given for the stock material will also come into play. <BR>\n" );
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