The formula for the volume of a cylinder is pi * radius squared * height, or πr^2h.
To find the radius of the cylinder, take the given diameter (60 cm) and divide it by 2. 60 / 2 = 30 cm.
Now we need to either find the height in centimeters or find the radius in meters. Because a centimeter is 1/100 of a meter, we multiply the radius by 100 to get the radius in meters.
We also must square the radius. So 30 cm multiplied by itself equals 900 cm.
Radius: 900 / 100 = 9 m
We have to square the radius before plugging it into the equation because it would mess up the numbers if we didn't (0.3 m squared is 0.09 m, which is very small).
Now we can plug these values into the formula for the volume of a cylinder.
π * r^2 * h = π * 9 m * 1.7 m = ~48.066 cubic meters
Rounded to two decimal places is 48.07 cubic meters.
The volume of the tree trunk is about 48.07 cubic meters.
