A peanut manufacturing company pays $0.01 per square inch of label used on its cylindrical peanut containers. Each container has a radius of 1.5 inches and a height of 3 inches. If the label covers the lateral area of the container, how much would it cost to produce 400,000 labels?
A. $4,000
B. $18,000
C. $84,823
D. $113,040

Question

A peanut manufacturing company pays $0.01 per square inch of label used on its cylindrical peanut containers. Each container has a radius of 1.5 inches and a height of 3 inches. If the label covers the lateral area of the container, how much would it cost to produce 400,000 labels? 
A.	$4,000
B.	$18,000
C.	$84,823
D.	$113,040

anonymous · Answer

about 18k because you multiply 400k by 0.01. it gives you 4k but the label will not cover the whole container which is 3 inches. so you multiply 4k by 1.5 which is the radius. it will give you 6k. and 6x3 is 18 in which 3 is the size of the container. so the answer is 18k