SOLUTION: the volume of a cylinder is 120 pie m^3. if its demensions are reduced to one-half their original length, what would its new volume be?

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Question 453468: the volume of a cylinder is 120 pie m^3. if its demensions are reduced to one-half their original length, what would its new volume be?
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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The dimensions are multiplied by 1/2, implying that any two-dimensional facet of the cylinder is multiplied by 1/4, and any three-dimensional characteristic multiplied by 1/8. Since volume is three-dimensional, the volume is 1/8 as large, or 15pi m^3.