Question

The first challenge to complete is the Penny Problem. The radio station is giving the winner of this challenge a prize pack that includes tickets to see his or her favorite band in concert. To start off the challenge, the radio station has placed pennies in a cylindrical glass jar. Each penny is 0.75 inches in diameter and 0.061 inches thick. If the cylindrical glass jar containing the pennies has a diameter of 6 inches and a height of 11.5 inches, how many pennies can fit inside the jar? You must show all work to receive credit.

Answer 1

i have already tried and got 985 i gave it too my teacher and she said it was wrong

Answer 2

So first I want to fine what the volume of the jar is so I am going to use Image or
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Now we know how much space we have inside the jar.
Now we have to find the volume of the pennies.
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Now you will divide 325 by .33 and we find that there is a total of 985 pennies in the jar.

Answer 3

hold on lemme just send u the file

Answer 4

that is exactly what i put

Answer 5

but she said it was a little low

Answer 6

check that it will show u

Answer 7

i have the same responses but she gave me an F

Answer 8

Tell her to check again rofl

Answer 9

k thank you

Answer 10

Npp