SOLUTION: A candle manufacturer sells cylindrical candles in sets of three. Each candle in the set is a different size. The smallest candle has a radius of 0.5 inches and a height of 3 inche
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Question 1162951: A candle manufacturer sells cylindrical candles in sets of three. Each candle in the set is a different size. The smallest candle has a radius of 0.5 inches and a height of 3 inches. The other two candles are scaled versions of the smallest, with scale factors of 2 and 3. How much wax is needed to create one set of candles? Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source):
Calculate the volume of the smallest candle using the standard formula for the cylinder.
Then the volume of the 2-nd candle is = = ,
and the volume of the 3-rd candle is = = .
The total volume of the three candles is = .
