Question

A cylinder trash can is 4.5 feet tall and holds 56.52 cubic feet of trash. What is the area of its base?

Answer 1

By definition, the volume of a cylinder is given by:

$V = A * h$

Where,

A: area of the base

Cylinder height

Clearing the area of the base we have:

$A = V / h$

Substituting values we have:

$A = 56.52 / 4.5\\A = 12.56 feet ^ 2$

Answer:

the area of its base is:

$A = 12.56 feet ^ 2$