Janine works at a factory and is filling cylindrical molds with molten plastic. It takes 9.6 cubic centimeters of molten plastic to fill the molds to a height of 0.8 centimeters. To the nearest whole centimeter, what is the radius of the cylindrical mold?
Q. Janine works at a factory and is filling cylindrical molds with molten plastic. It takes 9.6 cubic centimeters of molten plastic to fill the molds to a height of 0.8 centimeters. To the nearest whole centimeter, what is the radius of the cylindrical mold?
Given Volume and Height: We are given the volume of the cylindrical mold and the height, and we need to find the radius. The formula for the volume of a cylinder is V=πr2h, where V is the volume, r is the radius, and h is the height.
Volume Formula Calculation: We know the volume V is 9.6 cubic centimeters and the height h is 0.8 centimeters. We can plug these values into the formula and solve for the radius r.
Calculate r2: The formula with the given values is 9.6=πr2(0.8). To find r2, we first need to divide both sides of the equation by π and then by the height (0.8).
Divide by Height: Dividing 9.6 by π (3.14) gives us 3.149.6≈3.0573. Now we divide this result by the height (0.8) to get r2.
Find r: Dividing 3.0573 by 0.8 gives us r2≈3.8216. To find r, we need to take the square root of both sides.
Final Radius Calculation: The square root of 3.8216 is approximately 1.9549. Since we need to round to the nearest whole centimeter, we round this to 2 centimeters.
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