A soup manufacturer sells its soup in right cylindrical cans. The cans have a diameter of 6 centimeters (cm) and a height of 10cm. If the manufacturer fills each can to 90% capacity with soup, what is the volume of soup in each can rounded to the nearest cubic centimeter?
Q. A soup manufacturer sells its soup in right cylindrical cans. The cans have a diameter of 6 centimeters (cm) and a height of 10cm. If the manufacturer fills each can to 90% capacity with soup, what is the volume of soup in each can rounded to the nearest cubic centimeter?
Calculate total volume of cylindrical can: First, we need to calculate the total volume of the cylindrical can. The formula for the volume of a cylinder is V=πr2h, where r is the radius and h is the height.Given the diameter of the can is 6cm, the radius r is half of that, which is 3cm. The height h is given as 10cm.Now we calculate the volume: V=π×(3cm)2×10cm
Perform volume calculation: Perform the calculation for the volume: V=π×9 cm2×10 cm=90π cm3Since π is approximately 3.14159, we can calculate the volume as: V≈90×3.14159 cm3.
Calculate 90% of total volume: Now we have the total volume of the can: V≈282.74cm3 (rounded to two decimal places for intermediate calculation).Next, we need to calculate 90% of this volume to find out how much soup the manufacturer fills in each can.90% of the total volume is 0.9×282.74cm3.
Round to nearest cubic centimeter: Perform the calculation for 90% of the volume: 0.9×282.74cm3≈254.47cm3We need to round this to the nearest cubic centimeter.
Final volume of soup in each can: Rounding 254.47cm3 to the nearest cubic centimeter gives us 254cm3. This is the volume of soup in each can when filled to 90% capacity.
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