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Does anyone know how much grain can this hold? Am i looking for volume of a cylinder?

Does anyone know how much grain can this hold? Am i looking for volume of a cylinder-example-1
User Bstahlhood
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Yes, you are looking for the volume of the cylinder.

Volume of the cylinder = πr²h

Volume of the cylinder = π x 4² x 11

Volume of the cylinder = 176π in³

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Answer: Volume = 176π³ (Answer A)
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We have been given a diagram of a container. We are asked to find the amount of grain that the given container can hold.

We can see that container is in shape of a cylinder, so we need to find the volume of the given container.

We will use volume of cylinder formula to solve our given problem.


\text{Volume of cylinder}=\pi r^2h, where

r = Radius of circle

h = Height

Upon looking at our given diagram, we can see that
r=4\text{ in} and
h=11\text{ in}.

Let us substitute these values in volume formula.


\text{Volume of container}=\pi\cdot (4\text{ in})^2\cdot 11\text{ in}


\text{Volume of container}=\pi\cdot 16\text{ in}^2\cdot 11\text{ in}


\text{Volume of container}=\pi\cdot 176\text{ in}^3


\text{Volume of container}=176\pi\text{ in}^3

Therefore, the container can hold
176\pi\text{ in}^3 of grain and 1st option is the correct choice.

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