SOLUTION: A hemispherical cup is radius 3 inches us filled with milk. The milk is then poured into a right cylindrical container of radius 2 inched. What is the minimum number of inched in t

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Question 948160: A hemispherical cup is radius 3 inches us filled with milk. The milk is then poured into a right cylindrical container of radius 2 inched. What is the minimum number of inched in the height of the container so it can hold all of the milk? Express it as a decimal.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39625) About Me  (Show Source):
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Volume of Hemisphere: %282%2F3%29%28pi%29r%5E3
Volume of Cylinder: h%2A%28pi%29%2Ar%5E2
h is for height of cylinder.

Radii of each shaped container are unequal.
highlight%28%282%2F3%29%28pi%293%5E3=h%28pi%292%5E2%29
Solve for h.