SOLUTION: A ceramic candle holder in the shape of a cylinder has a radius of 2.40 inches. A hemisphere of radius 1.75 inches is removed from the center of the cylinder. Find the volume of ce

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Question 1134587: A ceramic candle holder in the shape of a cylinder has a radius of 2.40 inches. A hemisphere of radius 1.75 inches is removed from the center of the cylinder. Find the volume of ceramic in the candle holder. The slant height is 4 inches.
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Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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A ceramic candle holder in the shape of a cylinder has a radius of 2.40 inches. A hemisphere of radius 1.75 inches
is removed from the center of the cylinder. Find the volume of ceramic in the candle holder. The slant height is 4 inches.
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For your info:

    The notion "slant height" is relevant to pyramids or to cones  ONLY.


    It is  NOT RELEVANT  to cylinders.


Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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A ceramic candle holder in the shape of a cylinder has a radius of 2.40 inches. A hemisphere of radius 1.75 inches is removed from the center of the cylinder. Find the volume of ceramic in the candle holder. The slant height is 4 inches.
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You need to be given the height of the cylinder, which has NOT been given. If the cylinder height is h, then:

The ceramic volume is pi%2Ah%2A2.4%5E2-%284%2F3%29pi%2A1.75%5E3, cubic inches.