What is the volume of a cylinder of radius 3 cm and height 10 cm? (Leave the answer in terms of pi.)
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. cubic cm
- Step 1: Volume = pi x r squared x h = pi x 9 x 10.
- Step 2: = 90 pi cubic cm.
Answer
cubic cm.
Why not the others: cubic cm: this is the curved surface area. cubic cm: the radius was not squared. cubic cm: the factor one third of a cone was reversed.
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