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Julie has a cylinder containing sugar. The cylinder has a volume of 288π cubic centimeters. Which of the following could be the dimensions of Julie's sugar container?

User James May
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Everything here revolves around the formula for the volume of a cylinder of radius r and height h:

V = pi*r^2*h

Here, V= 288*pi cubic cm = pi*r^2*h, or

288 = r^2*h

Unfortunately, you have not shared the answer choices. But I can invent values for r and h and find the corresponding h and r:

Suppose that r = 5 cm. Then r^2 = 25 cm^2, and (25 cm^2)*h = 288 cm^3. Solving for h,
288 cm^3
h = ---------------- = 11.52 cm
25 cm^2

Look at the given possible answers and check out each set, one by one, in the same manner.
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Diameter: 12 centimeters.

Height: 8 centimeters.


Radius: 4 centimeters.

Height: 18 centimeters.


Radius: 3 centimeters.

Height: 32 centimeters.

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