Lily, Priya, and Abigail are helping their friend Michael to prepare tor a soup kitchen event. They have a large soup pot shaped like a cylinder that has a height of 15 inches and a radius of 6 inches. How much soup can Michael's soup pot hold?

A) 423.9 in
B) 4239 in
C) 1695.6 in
D) 1695.6 in

1 answer

To find the volume of the soup pot, we can use the formula for the volume of a cylinder, which is V = πr^2h, where r is the radius and h is the height.

Plugging in the given values, we have V = π(6^2)(15) = π(36)(15) = 540π cubic inches.

To find the approximate value of the volume, we can use the approximation π ≈ 3.14.

Therefore, the approximate volume is 540(3.14) ≈ 1695.6 cubic inches.

Hence, the answer is D) 1695.6 in.