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Carl is filling flower pots with soil. Each flower pot is a cylinder with radius 7in and height 20in. His bag of potting soil contains 12,000 cubic inches of soil. How many flower pots will he be able to COMPLETELY FILL with his one bag of soil?

A: 1 flower pot
B: 2 flower pots
C: 3 flower pots
D: 4 flower pots

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I think it is 3 flower pots! Hope this helps!
User Fell
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Answer:

3 pots

Explanation:

V(cylinder)= π×r²×h=3078.8 cubic inches

12,000 / 3078.8= 3.89

so you can only fill 3 pots

User Shanil Arjuna
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