Question

HELP.
At a railway yard, locomotives are used to pull containers full of oil. A locomotive is chosen according to the volume of oil it can pull as shown in the table. Consider a cylindrical container that needs pulling. It is 40 feet long and 12 feet in diameter. If one-half of the container is filled with oil, which locomotive should be selected to pull it?

Answer 1

post the table

Answer 2

Locomotive
Volume of Oil in Container
A450

0−750 cubic feet

CG35

750−1,500 cubic feet

BR73

1,500−2,500 cubic feet

YH61

2,500−3,500 cubic feet

Answer 3

well the volume of the container is 4523.89 cubic feet.

but it says its only half full.

so the volume of oil in the container is 2261.945

Answer 4

for volume i used
\[v=\pi r^2h\] where h is the height

Answer 5

So would that be YH61?

Answer 6

2261

Answer 7

1500-2500

Answer 8

Oh okay. Thank you.