SOLUTION: A drinking glass is in the shape of a cylinder that is 60mm in diameter and 15cm tall. How many cubic centimeters of water will it hold?

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Question 186534This question is from textbook A Survey of Mathematics with Application
: A drinking glass is in the shape of a cylinder that is 60mm in diameter and 15cm tall. How many cubic centimeters of water will it hold? This question is from textbook A Survey of Mathematics with Application

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The volume of a cylinder is given by:



Where r is the radius of the base and h is the height.

The first thing you need to do is to find the radius. You are given the diameter which is twice the radius, so just divide by 2 giving you 30mm. However, you have one more step. The question asks for the volume in cubic centimeters, so you need to convert the 30 mm radius to centimeters. 30mm = 3cm.

Now just substitute your values into the formula:



You can do your own arithmetic.

John