Question

The cylinders are similar the volume of the larger cylinder is 9648 cubic inches what is the volume of the smaller cylinder

Answer 1

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The cylinders are similar. The volume of the larger cylinder is 9648 cubic inches. What is the volume of the smaller cylinder?

Correct Answer:

Correct 1206 in3

Answer 2

To find the volume of the smaller cylinder you will need to determine the scale factor by comparing the 2 cylinders. The scale factor is 1:2. This means that each dimension will be divided by 2 when going from the larger to the smaller figure.

Because volume is a three dimensional measurement, you need to divide 9648 by 2, three times.

9648/2=4824
4824/2=2412
2412/2=1206 cubic inches

The volume of the smaller container is 1206 cubic inches.