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Healthy Grains is planning a new design for its best-selling oatmeal. It has four containers to choose from. It costs the company $0. 03 per cubic inch of oatmeal to fill a container. The company does not want the new container to cost more than $4. 00 to fill. Which container should the company use? Use 3. 14 for Pi. Container A Container B A cylinder with height 7 inches and diameter 5 inches. A cylinder with height 10 inches and B = 12. 57 inches squared. Container C Container D A cylinder with height 5. 5 inches and radius 4 inches. A cylinder with height 6 inches and radius 3 inches. Container A container B container C container D.

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer, container B.

Volume of Cylinder =

Volume of container A= cubic in.

Cost of container A=137.135x0.03=$4.12.

Volume of container B= Base area x height=12.57x10=125.7 cubic in.

Cost of container B=125.7x0.03=$3.77

Volume of container c= cubic in

Cost of container C= 276.32x0.03=$8.29.

Volume of container D= cubic in.

Cost of container D=169.56x0.03=$5.08.

Given The company does not want the new container to cost more than $4.00 to fill.

Option B costs less than $4.

Container B is the right answer

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