SOLUTION: Gasoline Containers Mark Russo has two right cylindrical containers for storing gasoline. One has a diameter of 10 in. and a height of 12 in. The other has a diameter of 12 i
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Question 438536: Gasoline Containers Mark Russo has two right cylindrical containers for storing gasoline. One has a diameter of 10 in. and a height of 12 in. The other has a diameter of 12 in. and a height of 10 in.
a. Which container holds the greater amount of gasoline, the taller one or the one with the greater diameter?
b. What is the difference in volume? Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
where is the radius of the base and is the height. Don't worry about an approximation for , just leave your answers in terms of because that is the only way to represent the answers exactly. The radius is half of the diameter. Plug in the values and do the arithmetic. Hint: The bigger answer is the larger volume. Subtract the smaller from the larger to find the difference.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
