Homework Help: geometry

Posted by yuku on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 11:34pm.

a cylindrical oil drum is 6 feet long and has a radius of 2.5 feet?
A-to the nearest cubic foot,what is the volume of this drum?

geometry - drwls, Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 12:34am
The formula to use is

V = pi r^2 L

Using pi = 3.14 will be accurate enough in this case.

L is the length and r is the radius..
Round off your calculated answer as they have requested.

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