Determine the radius of a cylinder with a volume of 163 ft cubed with a height of 4 ft

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Kooki · Answer 1 · 2020-07-31T17:34:00+0000

The volume of a cylinder is given by the product of its base area (i.e. the area of a circle) and its height:

$V = \pi r^2\cdot h$

Solving for r, we have

$r=\sqrt{(V)/(h\pi)}$

Plugging the numbers, we have

$r=\sqrt{(163)/(4\pi)} \approx 3.6$