Question

The Movie Haven is planning to order new medium-size popcorn containers. It has a choice of four different containers. It costs the company $0.02 per cubic inch of popcorn to fill a container. The company does not want the new container to cost more than $3.00 to fill. Which container should the company use? Use 3.14 for Pi.
Container A
A cylinder with height 5 inches and diameter 7 inches.

Container B
A cylinder with height 6 inches and radius 3 inches.

Container C
A cylinder with height 12 inches and B = 11.14 inches squared.

Container D
A cylinder with height 10 inches and diameter 6 inches.

container A
container B
container C
container D

Answer 1

Answer:

only option less than $3 is (C)

Step-by-step explanation:

Volume(cylinder) = πr²h or Bh

I used the guess-and-check method and got the following:

A) 3.85

B) 3.39

C) 2.67

D) 5.65