Question

The height h of water in a cylindrical container with radius r = 5 cm is equal to 10 cm. Peter needs to measure the volume of a stone with a complicated shape and so he puts the stone inside the container with water. The height of the water inside the container rises to 13.2 cm. What is the volume of the stone is cubic cm

Answer 1

We first find the volume of water without the stone.

V1 = 10 *(π * 52) = 250 π , where π = 3.14

The volume of water and stone is given by

V2 = 13.2 *(π * 52) = 330 π

The volume of the stone is given by

V2 - v1 = 330 π - 250 π = 80 π

= 251.1 cm3