Answer:
<u>The volume of the cylinder would be </u><u>approximately 392.5 ft^3</u>
Step-by-step explanation:
Just like the volume formulas for a cuboid, the formula for a cylinder is: Vol = (Circle Area)(Height). Since we already have the height value, let's move onto the circle area.
The formula for the <em>area of a circle is: </em><em>πr^2</em>. The problem only gave us the value for the diameter (10), so to get the radius value, we just need to divide the diameter by 2, and we get a value of 5 ft as our radius. Next, we just need to square root it. So 5 x 5 = 25. Then, we multiply it by π. Because the problem is asking for an approximate answer, we can just assume that π is 3.14. And that gets us a value of 78.5 ft^2 for the area of the circle.
Finally, we just need to multiply the area and the height of the cylinder. So 78.5 x 5 is approx. 392.5 ft^3. Since we don't need to round to the nearest tenths place, we can just leave it alone.
Since I didn't use the exact value of π, the real answer may be a little off of what we got, but if you want to extra precise, you can go ahead and use the actual value of π.
