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Example Question #21 : Cylinders
Find the volume of the following partial cylinder.
The formula for the volume of a partial cylinder is:
where is the radius of the cylinder, is the height of the cylinder, and is the degrees of the sector.
Plugging in our values, we get:
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Volume Of A Cylinder
If a cylinder has a radius, , of 2 inches and a height, , of 5 inches, what is the total surface area of the cylinder?
The total surface area will be equal to the area of the two bases added to the area of the outer surface of the cylinder. If "unwrapped" the area of the outer surface is simply a rectangle with the height of the cylinder and a base equal to the circumference of the cylinder base. We can use these relationships to find a formula for the total area of the cylinder.
Use the given radius and height to solve for the final area.
Example Question #2 : How To Find The Surface Area Of A Cylinder
The volume of a cylinder is . If the radius of the cylinder is , what is the surface area of the cylinder?
The volume of a cylinder is equal to:
Use this formula and the given radius to solve for the height.
Now that we know the height, we can solve for the surface area. The surface area of a cylinder is equal to the area of the two bases plus the area of the outer surface. The outer surface can be "unwrapped" to form a rectangle with a height equal to the cylinder height and a base equal to the circumference of the cylinder base. Add the areas of the two bases and this rectangle to find the total area.
Use the radius and height to solve.
Example Question #2 : How To Find The Surface Area Of A Cylinder
What is the surface area of a cylinder with a base diameter of and a height of ?
None of the answers
Area of a circle
Circumference of a circle
Surface area of a cylinder
Example Question #26 : Cylinders
A balloon, in the shape of a sphere, is filled completely with water. The surface area of the filled balloon is . If all of the balloon's water was emptied into a cylindrical cup of base radius 4, how high would the water level be?
The surface area of a sphere is given by the formula
, which here equals . So
To find out what the water level would be, we need to know how much water is in the balloon. So we need to find the volume of the balloon.
The amount of water that is in the balloon is
=
The cylindrical column of water will have this volume, and will have base radius 4. Using the formula for volume of a cylinder, we can solve for the height of the column of water.
, where is the base radius 4 in this case.
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Volume Of A Sphere
What is the volume of a sphere with a radius of ?
To solve for the volume of a sphere, you must first know the equation for the volume of a sphere.
In this equation, is equal to the radius. We can plug the given radius from the question into the equation for .
Now we simply solve for .
The volume of the sphere is .
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Volume Of A Sphere
What is the volume of a sphere with a radius of 4? (Round to the nearest tenth)
To solve for the volume of a sphere you must first know the equation for the volume of a sphere.
The equation is
Then plug the radius into the equation for yielding
Then cube the radius to get
Multiply the answer by and to yield .
The answer is .
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Volume Of A Sphere
For a sphere the volume is given by V = (4/3)πr3 and the surface area is given by A = 4πr2. If the sphere has a surface area of 256π, what is the volume?
300π
615π
683π
750π
683π
Given the surface area, we can solve for the radius and then solve for the volume.
4πr2 = 256π
4r2 = 256
r2 = 64
r = 8
Now solve the volume equation, substituting for r:
V = (4/3)π(8)3
V = (4/3)π*512
V = (2048/3)π
V = 683π
Example Question #3 : How To Find The Volume Of A Sphere
A typical baseball is in diameter. Find the baseball's volume in cubic centimeters.
Not enough information to solve
In order to find the volume of a sphere, use the formula
We were given the baseball's diameter, , which must be converted to its radius.
Now we can solve for volume.
Convert to centimeters.
If you arrived at then you did not convert the diameter to a radius.
Example Question #5 : How To Find The Volume Of A Sphere
What is the volume of a sphere whose radius is .
Not enough information to solve
In order to find the volume of a sphere, use the formula
We were given the radius of the sphere, .Therefore, we can solve for volume.
If you calculated the volume to be then you multiplied by rather than by .