Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 07:13:24 -0600
Subject: volume

This may be about a 9 thru 12 grade question. Please tell me the formula for computing the volume, in gallons, of a cylinder. Thanks from a parent. American gallons, please.

Hi

  
  If the cylinder is h inches high and the radius of the end is r inches then the volume in cubic inches is given by

My Americal College Dictionary says that one US gallon is 231 cubic inches so the volume in gallons is

Cheers,
Harley 		 
 
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