Mary wants to fill in a cylinder vase. At the flower store they told her that the vase should be filled for the flowers to last the longest. Her cylinder vase has a radius of 3in and a height of 8in. How much water should Mary pour into the vase?

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Mary wants to fill in a cylinder vase. At the flower store they told her that the vase should be filled  for the flowers to last the longest. Her cylinder vase has a radius of 3in and a height of 8in. How much water should Mary pour into the vase?

Mercury · Answer

Volume of a cylinder: V = pi * r^2 * h
(where r = radius and h = height)

plug in your radius and height to solve for volume