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niceperson709 - 3/3/05 at 03:16 AM

Hi folks
I have need of finding out the volume of a cylinder that is 145mm in diamiter by 800mm long any help from the less mathmaticly challanged would be apreciated
TIA
Iain


dmottaway - 3/3/05 at 03:59 AM

area of the base (a circle) times the height.

Pi x radius(squared) x height.

145mm diameter is 72.5 mm radius
squared is 5256.25 mm square

times pi 5256.25 x 3.14159 = 16512.9824375

lets call it 16513 sq.mm or 165 sq. cm

times height

165 x 80cm = 13,200 cc

or about 13L


dave

[Edited on 3/3/05 by dmottaway]