A pill is in the shape of a right circular cylinder with hemisphere on each end The cylinder and the hemispheres have the same radius. Find the volume of a pill with a radius of 7 millimeters and with its cylinder portion having a length of 16 millimeter.

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ybarrap · Answer

The total volume would be the sum of the volumes of the cylinder and two hemispheres (i.e. one sphere):
$$
V=\pi r^2h+\frac{4}{3}\pi r^3$$

Where r is radius of sphere and h is the length of the cylinder.