Question

A company makes wax candles in the shape of a cylinder. Each candle has a radius of 3 inches and a height of 4 inches. How much wax will the company need to make 140 candles?

Use 3.14 for \pi , and do not round your answer.

Answer 1

15825.6
`in^3`

Explanation:

using 3.14 for pi you follow the formula for volume of a cylinder which is
`\pi r^2 h` when we plug in it comes to
`3.14\cdot3^(2)\cdot4` and then you solve that to get 113.04, but since you need 140 candles, we multiply the volume of one candle by 140 to get 15825.6
`in^3`