A neighborhood has provided trash cans to residents to dispose of their waste. All trash cans have a diameter of 1 meter and a height of 0.75 meters. What is the minimum number of trash cans required to dispose of 10 cubic meters of waste?

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17
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51

Question

A neighborhood has provided trash cans to residents to dispose of their waste. All trash cans have a diameter of 1 meter and a height of 0.75 meters. What is the minimum number of trash cans required to dispose of 10 cubic meters of waste?

                 16
		17
		50
		51

anonymous · Answer

The area of a circle is pi*(r^2).
R=1m/2, or .5m.
.5^2 = .25, .25*pi = ~.785m^2
~.785m^2*.75m = ~.589m^3
10m^3/~.589m^3 = ~16.977 trash cans, and since you can't have part of a trash can, the answer is 17.

happykiddo · Answer

yeah i got that i while ago, i wasnt interpretting the question properly 
but still thank you for verfiying answer