Question

The volume of this cylinder is 1,334.5 cubic inches. What is the radius?

Use ​𝜋 ≈ 3.14 and round your answer to the nearest hundredth.

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Answers

GPT-4o mini
To find the radius of a cylinder given its volume, we can use the formula for the volume of a cylinder:

\[
V = \pi r^2 h
\]

Where:
- \( V \) is the volume,
- \( r \) is the radius,
- \( h \) is the height,
- \( \pi \) is approximately \( 3.14 \).

In this case, you have provided the volume \( V = 1334.5 \) cubic inches. However, you haven't provided the height of the cylinder. To find the radius, the height must be known.

Assuming you have a height \( h \), you can rearrange the formula to solve for the radius \( r \):

\[
r^2 = \frac{V}{\pi h}
\]
\[
r = \sqrt{\frac{V}{\pi h}}
\]

Now let's plug in the values assuming some height \( h \):
1. If you want to determine the radius for a known height, please provide that value.
2. If you don't have a specific height in mind, we can compute the radius for any assumed height.

Let's assume for this calculation that \( h = 10 \) inches (you can replace this with the actual height if you have it):

1. Calculate \( \frac{V}{\pi h} \):

\[
\frac{V}{\pi h} = \frac{1334.5}{3.14 \times 10} = \frac{1334.5}{31.4} \approx 42.5
\]

2. Now find \( r \):

\[
r = \sqrt{42.5} \approx 6.52 \text{ inches}
\]

Please provide the height if you need the correct calculation based on that. Otherwise, using \( h = 10 \) gives \( r \approx 6.52\) inches.