SOLUTION: A candy company makes decorative cylinder-shaped canisters and fills them with red hot candies. They want to make 600 canisters and need to determine how much candy to buy. If the

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Question 430958: A candy company makes decorative cylinder-shaped canisters and fills them with red hot candies. They want to make 600 canisters and need to determine how much candy to buy. If the canisters are 6 inches in diameter and 5 inches tall, what is the total number of cubic inches that will be filled with candy? (don't forget the units that go with the answer)
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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The area of the base is
+A+=+pi%2Ar%5E2+
+A+=+pi%2A%28d%2F2%29%5E2+
+A+=+pi%2A%286%2F2%29%5E2+
+A+=+9%2Api+
+A+=+28.274+ in2
The volume of each canister is
+V+=+5%2A28.274+
+V+=+141.372+ in3
The volume contained in 600 canisters is
+600+ canisters x +141.372+ in3/canister = +84823+ in3