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OpenStudy (anonymous):

A bricklayer uses a cylinder to store sand. The cylinder is 5 ft tall and has a radius of 0.5 ft. Each batch of mortar contains 0.48 ft3 of sand. How many batches of mortar can the bricklayer make with 1 cylinder of sand? Use 3.14 to approximate pi, and round your final answer to the nearest whole number.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

any examples? like a, b, c, d?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

No sorry

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh! no need for sorry

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yeah, do you think you could help anyways?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sure

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thanks

OpenStudy (anonymous):

well first... what would u say

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Well it's pi times radius times height...3.14x0.5^2x5 right?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

3.925 is what i got...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

3.14x0.52x5 is what i got

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So the answer is 8

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yup

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