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The diameter of a penny is 19.05 mm and is 1.52 mm thick, what is its mass?

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A penny, despite small, is a cylinder. To solve this problem, we will first calculate its volume. Recall that for a cylinder

with radius r and height h the volume of the cylinder is given by the formula


V\text{ =}\pi r^2\cdot h

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