A storage tank holds 235,500 in3 of a chemical. The chemical is dispensed to completely fill 25 identical cylindrical containers, each with a radius of 5 in. What is the height of the cylindrical containers? Use 3.14 to approximate pi.

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aihberkhan · Answer

Now the volume for each identical cylindrical container is obviously 1/25 since it says, "The chemical is dispensed to completely fill 25 identical cylindrical containers”. Right?

So this is the $V$ for one of these cylinders. 

Now when it says “each with a radius of 5 in”, this is obviously the r. 

Now you have all the variables you need to solve this.

Use this equation: $V = \pi * r^2 * h$

You know all the variables, so now solve for $h$.