SOLUTION: This cylinder is made of solid aluminum that has a unit weight of 165 pounds per cubic foot. The Cylinder is 5 foot high by 3 foot wide. What is the weight of this cylinder.
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Question 26928: This cylinder is made of solid aluminum that has a unit weight of 165 pounds per cubic foot. The Cylinder is 5 foot high by 3 foot wide. What is the weight of this cylinder.
this is a problem that was brought up at work and we couldn't figure out the answer. please help us
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! Ah yes, work at the ol' aluminum cylinder plant. Anyway, the way to solve this problem is to know the formula for volume of a cylinder. It is length times the area of its base, and it's base is given by the area of a circle, pi*r^2.
Since a diameter (3 foot) is twice your radius, your formula for volume yields:
Volume times density equals weight:
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