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A soup can has a volume of 54 pie in 3 and a height of 6 in .What is the area for the label needed to wrap around the can with no overlaps ? Express your answer in terms of pie .

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\begin{gathered} \text{Vol}=54\pi in^3 \\ \text{Height}=6in \\ V=\pi* r^2* h \\ \text{Therefore, we would now have,} \\ 54\pi=\pi* r^2*6 \\ \text{Divide both sides by }\pi \\ (54\pi)/(\pi)=((\pi* r^2*6))/(\pi) \\ 54=6r^2 \\ \text{Divide both sides by 6 } \\ 9=r^2 \\ \sqrt[]{9}=r \\ r=3 \end{gathered}

Note that the length of the label wrapped around the can is equivalent to the circumference of the circle. Therefore, we now have;


\begin{gathered} \text{Circumference}=l \\ 2\pi r=\text{length} \\ \text{width}=\text{height}=6 \\ \text{Area}=l* w \\ \text{Area}=2\pi r*6 \\ \text{Area}=2\pi*3*6 \\ \text{Area}=36\pi in^2 \end{gathered}

Therefore the area of the label needed to wrap around the can is 36 pi square inches

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