Question

An oil storage tank is a cylinder 30 feet high. The base of the tank is a circle with a diameter of 50 feet. When full, how many gallons are in the tank? 1 gallon equals approximately 0.13 cubic feet.How many gallons are in the tank?

Answer 1

suppose you wanted the tank to hold 100 gallons of water and it was 50 gallons per cubic feet. How many cubic feet would you need? Obviously, 2 cubic feet. How did you get that?? Well, you divided 100 by 50 to get 2.

O.K., now, let's try YOUR problem. 225000 gallons and 7.5 gallons per cubic feet. How many cubic feet do you need? Must be 225,000/7.5 = 30,000 cubic feet

O.K., now we're half way there. we (should) know that the volume of a prism is

l x w x h. We now know the volume must also be 30,000

so l x w x h = 30000
100 x 20 x h = 30000

you should be able to take it from there.

Problem #2

We approach it the exact same way.

It's too hard as stated. Let's make up an easier problem.

suppose 1 gallon took up 5 cubic feet. If you had 10 cubic feet, how many gallons would you have?
well, clearly, you would have 2 gallons. How did you get it?

Now, how many cubic feet in the cylinder? Well you (should) know that the volume of a cylinder is:

Pi r^2h = 3.14 x 25^2 h = 1962.5 h

Now we have a bit of a problem. You didn't tell me how high the tank is. Let us say it is 10 feet.

So, the tank had 19,625 cubic feet.

Go back to the start of this problem and you will know what to do next.

Answer 2

Answer: 7653.75 gallons

Explanation:

Given : Height of cylinder = 30 feet

Diameter : d= 50 feet

Radius :
`r=(d)/(2)=(50)/(2)=25\text{ feet}`

The volume of a cylinder is given by :-

`V=\pi r^2 h\\\\\Rightarrow\ V=(3.14)(25)^2(30)\text{ cubic feet}`

Also, 1 gallon equals approximately 0.13 cubic feet.

Then , the number of gallons of water in the tank :-

`V=(3.14)(25)^2(30)(0.13)=7653.75\text{ gallons}`