Question

A farmer wants to know how much corn he is going to sell at the end of the season. He stores the corn in a silo, which is in the shape of a right circular cylinder. If the height is 40 feet, and the diameter is 15 feet, what is the volume? Use 3.14

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

To find the volume of a cylinder, you can use the formula:

Volume = πr^2h

Where r is the radius of the base of the cylinder, h is the height of the cylinder, and π is approximately equal to 3.14.

First, we need to find the radius of the base of the cylinder. The diameter is given as 15 feet, so the radius is half of that:

Radius = 15 feet / 2 = 7.5 feet

Now, we can plug in the values into the formula:

Volume = 3.14 * (7.5)^2 * 40

Volume = 3.14 * 56.25 * 40

Volume = 3.14 * 2250

Volume = 7065 cubic feet

Therefore, the volume of the farmer's silo is 7065 cubic feet.