Question

Nicholas has a pepper shaker in the shape of a cylinder. It has a radius of 9 mm and a height of 32 mm. How much pepper will fit in the shaker? Round answer to nearest tenth of a mm.

Answer 1

Step 01:

Data

Pepper shaker

cylinder

radius = 9mm

height = 32mm

volume = ?

Step 02:

Volume of a cylinder formula

V = π * r² * h

$\begin{gathered} V\text{ = }\pi\cdot(9\operatorname{mm})^2\cdot32\operatorname{mm} \\ V=8143.008mm^3 \end{gathered}$

The answer is:

8143.0 mm³ of pepper