Question

A cylinder has a base diameter of 20ft and a height of 5ft. What is its volume in cubic ft, to the nearest tenths place?

Answer 1

Formula for volume of cylinder;

V = π
`r^(2)`h

Where 'π' represents pi(22/7 or 3.14), 'r' represents the radius which is 1/2 x diameter (half of diameter = radius) which is squared, and 'h' which represents the height.

To find the radius of the diameter 5, we must find 1/2 of 5:

1/2 x 5

5/2 = 2.5 is our radius.

Now we plug these into our equation:-

V = π
`r^(2)`h

V = 3.14(2.5^2) x 20

V = 3.14(6.25) x 20

V = 19.625 x 20

V = 392.5 cubic feet.