SOLUTION: in the men's shot put event, the shot weighs 7.26 kilograms and has a diameter of 120 millimeters. Consider a cylinder made of the same material as the shot. If it has a diameter o

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Question 717227: in the men's shot put event, the shot weighs 7.26 kilograms and has a diameter of 120 millimeters. Consider a cylinder made of the same material as the shot. If it has a diameter of 60 millimeters, how thick will it have to be to weigh the same as a men's shot?
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No idea. You didn't bother to mention the height of the cylinder. A cylinder that is 4 km high is going to have considerably less thickess than on that only measures half a meter.

John

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