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You work in the oil industry. Oil is stored in a large cylindrical tank but is being transferred to cylindrical barrels. Each barrel has a height of 26 inches and a diameter of 24 inches. Approximately how many cubic feet of oil will fit in each barrel?

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User Ajil Mohan
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Answer:

  • 6.8 cubic. feet

Explanation:

To find how many cubic feet of oil will fit in each barrel we need to calculate the volume of the cylindrical barrel.

From the given question Each barrel has a height of 26 inches and a diameter of 24 inches.

In feet,

  • Height = 2.166 feet

Radius is half of diameter i.e 24/2 = 12 inch

  • 12 inch = 1 feet

Volume of cylinder is calculated by the formula πr²h.

On solving we get


= 3.14 * {(1)}^(2) * 2.166 \\


= 3.14 * 2.166


= 6.801


\red{ \approx 6.8 \: {ft}^(3)}

Hence 6.8 cubic feet of oil will fit in each barrel

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