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 2in and a height of 9in. How much water should Mary pour into the vase?
For the problem, we are asked t o calculate the volume of the cylindrical vase and it will represent the amount of water that Mary should pour. For a cylinder, the volume is calculated as follows:
