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Which option best describes an informal argument for why the volume of a cylinder of radius r and height h is V=πr2h
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A cylinder is a stack of r squares, each with a thickness of one unit and an area of πrh
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A cylinder is a stack of r squares, each with a thickness of one unit and an area of πrh
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A cylinder is a stack of r circles, each with a thickness of one unit and an area of πrh
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A cylinder is a stack of r circles, each with a thickness of one unit and an area of πrh
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A cylinder is a stack of r squares, each with a thickness of one unit and an area of πr2
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A cylinder is a stack of r squares, each with a thickness of one unit and an area of πr2
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A cylinder is a stack of h circles, each with a thickness of one unit and an area of πr2
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A cylinder is a stack of h circles, each with a thickness of one unit and an area of πr2
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
"A cylinder is a stack of h circles, each with a thickness of one unit and an area of πr^2."

Reason: each unit-thick slice is a circle of area πr^2, and stacking h such slices gives volume V = h·πr^2 = πr^2h.