SOLUTION: You buy a quart of ice cream that comes in a cylindrical tub. A quart has a volume of about 58 cubic inches. The tub has a height of 5 inches. What is the radius of the ice-cream t

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Question 1070723: You buy a quart of ice cream that comes in a cylindrical tub. A quart has a volume of about 58 cubic inches. The tub has a height of 5 inches. What is the radius of the ice-cream tub? Use 3.14 for pi. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
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What is the volume of a cylinder?
volume = Pi*r^2*height divide both sides by height
volume/height = Pi*r^2
58/5 = 11.6
so now we have:
11.6 = Pi*r^2 divide both sides by Pi (use 3.14 like the problem says):
3.694 = r^2 take the square root on both sides;
r = 1.92