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VolumeofaCylinder:
Ingeometry,acylinderisathreedimensionalshapewithacircularbase,acirculartopand
straightsides.Itisthesolidfigurethatyougetwhenyourotatearectangleaboutoneofits
sides.Inmostcaseswhenwetalkaboutthevolumeofacylinder,wearetalkingabouthow
muchliquiditcanhold.

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Thestrictlycorrectwayofsayingitis"thevolumesurroundedbyacylinder"theamountof
liquiditholds.Butmanytextbookssimplytell"thevolumeofacylinder"tomeanthesame
thing.

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Rememberthattheradiusandtheheightmustbeinthesameunitsconvertthemifnecessary.
Theresultingvolumewillbeinthosecubicunits.Soiftheheightandradiusarebothin
centimeters,thenthevolumewillbeincubiccentimeters.
Thevolumeofacylinderisfoundbymultiplyingtheareaofitstoporbasebyitsheightandis
definedas:V=r2h
Example1:Acylindricalwaterstoragetankhasaninsidebaseradiusof7manddepthof11m.
Findthecapacityofthetankinkiloliters(1kl=1m3).
Solution:
Baseradius:r=7m
Height:h=11m
Thewaterstoragetankisintheshapeofthecylinder.Sousingthevolumeofcylinderformula
wecanfindthevolumeofit.
V=r2h
V=7211
V=1692.46m3=1692.46kl

Example2:Findthevolumeofacylinderwhosebaseradiusis6cmandheightis4cm.
Solution:
Baseradius:r=6cm
Height:h=4cm
V=r2h
V=3.14624
V=452.16cm3
Example3:Ifthecapacityofacylindricaltankis1848m3andthediameterofitsbaseis14m,
findthedepthofthetank.
Solution:
Letthedepthofthetankbehmetres.Thenwehave:
V=r2h
h=V/r2
h=12m
Example4:Aconicalvessel,whoseinternalradiusandheightis20cmand50cmrespectively,
isfullofliquid.Findtheheightoftheliquidifitisputintoacylinderwhosebaseradiusis10
cm.
Solution:
Thevolumeofthevesselis:
V=r2h/3
V=20250/3
V=20944cm3
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Thevolumeoftheliquidisthesamenomatteritisinthevesselorinthecylinder,thereforewe
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Thevolumeoftheliquidisthesamenomatteritisinthevesselorinthecylinder,thereforewe
have:
V1=V2,whereV1isthevolumeofthevesselandV2isthevolumedeterminedusingthe
formulaforacylinder.
20944=102h
Thus:
h=20944/(102)
h=66.67cm
Example5:Findthevolumeofarightcircularcylinderwhosecurvedsurfaceareais2640cm2
Andthecircumferenceofitsbaseis66cm.
Solution:
Tobeginwithweneedtodeterminethebaseradiususingtheformulaforcircularperimeter
(circumference).
P=2r
r=P/(2)=66/(2)=10.50cm
Nowwewillfindtheheightofthecylinderusingtheformulaforsurfaceareaofacylinder.
SA=Ph
h=SA/P=2640/66=40cm
Thevolumeofthecylinderistherefore:
V=r2h
V=10.50240
V=13854.4cm3
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