SOLUTION: A food company distributes its tomato soup in two cans of different sizes. for the large can, the diameter has being increased by 30% and its height remains the same. By what perce

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Question 822687: A food company distributes its tomato soup in two cans of different sizes. for the large can, the diameter has being increased by 30% and its height remains the same. By what percentage does the volume of can increase from the smaller can to the larger can?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Original Volume
h%2Api%2Ar%5E2
h%2Api%2A%28d%2F2%29%5E2

Larger Volume
r=d%2F2,
Now, becomes r=1.3d%2F2
h%2Api%2A%281.3d%2F2%29%5E2

How many times bigger is the "large volume" can?
%28h%2Api%2A%281.3d%2F2%29%5E2%29%2F%28h%2Api%2A%28d%2F2%29%5E2%29
1.3%5E2
1.69
Increase of size by 69%