A Midwest cooperative needs to store 15,750 gallons of a liquid chemical. They are considering two possible containers, a hollow cylinder or a hollow sphere. The wall of the sphere will need to be in thick, and the wall, top, and bottom of the cylinder are each 6in thick. Due to space limitations, the height of the cylinder must be 26.0 ft. a. What will be the outside diameter of the cylinder required to hold the liquid chemical? b. What will be the outside diameter of the sphere required to hold the liquid chemical? C. Assume the containers are made of aluminum. Which container uses the most material? Key Concepts: • Do you know how to manipulate equations to go from various units? • Did you make necessary unit conversions? • Do you understand the relationship between properties and sizes? Answers: a. Outside diameter of cylinder = 11.36ft b. Outside diameter of sphere = 16.99ft c. The cylinder,
