Question

Thomas loves tomatoes. He plans to fill the container shown below with soil to grow his own tomato

plants. The dimensions of the container are shown in inches.
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20 in
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10 in-
How much soil will the container hold?
Either enter an exact answer in terms of or use 3.14 for .
inches?

Answer 1

6280

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Given that

• Height of container is 20 inches .
• Radius of base is 10 inches .

To Find

• Volume of container .

Formula

• Volume of cylinder is πr²h

Solution

→ Volume = πr²h

Using π as 3.14

→ 3.14 × 10 × 10 × 20 = Volume

→ 314 × 20 = Volume

→ 6280 inches² is the holding capacity of the container.