The proof is to show your work
The cylinder is 17cm Bc it go up not down
1/2 divide by 4/1 = 1/8
when u divide u flip the second fraction around and multiply
1/2 x 1/4 = 1/8
5 because you subtract 15x and bring it to 3x^2 and get 3x^2-15x=0. Then take out the gcf and you get 3x(x-5)=0. Since it can't be 0, x-5=0 , the answer is 5.
10 in; if the original 100% was 5 in, then you multiply that by 2.