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A cylinder rod formed from silicon is 16.8 cm long and has a mass of 2.17 kg. The density of silicon is 2.33 g/cm3. What is the diameter of the cylinder?

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We are given the length, the mass and the density of the cylinder. First let us calculate for the volume by dividing the mass by the density.

volume = mass /density

where mass = 2.17 kg = 2170 g, therefore:

volume = 2170 g / (2.33 g/cm^3)

volume = 931.33 cm^3

We know that the volume of a cylinder has the formula:

volume = π r^2 h

since h = 16.8 cm, therefore calculating for radius:

931.33 cm^3 = π r^2 (16.8 cm)

r^2 = 17.646 cm^2

r = 4.2 cm

Hence the diameter (d) is:

d = 2 r

d = 8.4 cm

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