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Roberto bought a new graduated cylinder for his chemistry class. it holds 650 mililiters of liquid. if the cylinder has a radius of 5 cm, then how tall is the cylinder.

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8.27 cm

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1

the volume of a cylinder is given by:


\begin{gathered} \text{Volume}=\text{ area of the circle}\cdot\text{ height} \\ \text{Volume}=(\pi\cdot raidus^2)\cdot\text{height} \end{gathered}

then

Let

Heigth=unknown=h

volume=650 ml

radius= 5 cm

also

1 mililiter= 1 cubic centimeter

so,replacing


\begin{gathered} \text{Volume}=(\pi\cdot raidus^2)\cdot\text{height} \\ \text{650 }=(\pi\cdot(5cm)^2)\cdot\text{h} \\ 650=25\pi\cdot h \\ \text{divide both sides by 25 }\pi \\ (650)/(25\pi)=(25\pi h)/(25\pi) \\ h=(650)/(25\pi)=8.27\text{ cm} \end{gathered}

so, the cylinder is 8.27 cm tall.

I hope this helps you

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