Question

Luan stores coffee beans in a steel container with a capacity of 323.4 cubic inches. He uses a glass container to store sugar. The two containers are congruent cylinders.

If the glass container has a height of 8.4 inches, what is its radius?

3.5 inches

4.2 inches

1.2 inches

6.2 inches

Answer 1

If both containers are congruent, then you can assume you're only dealing with one container and use the formula for Volume of a Cylinder to find the radius.

Answer 2

@devibabyy66

Answer 3

so i would just plug in the height to the formula of a cylinder?

Answer 4

You can plug in

V = 323.4
h = 8.4

Answer 5

3.5?

Answer 6

Yes, correct

Answer 7

thank youu! :)

Answer 8

\(r \approx 3.5\)