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4.4 Area and Volume - Volume of prisms, cylinders, cones, spheres
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A right circular cylinder has a base diameter of 22 centimeters and a height of 6 centimeters. What is the volume, in cubic centimeters, of the cylinder?

A.

132π

B.

264π

C.

726π

D.

2,904π

A right circular cylinder has a base diameter of 22 centimeters and a height of 6

Hard-difficulty · SAT Math · Area and Volume — Volume of prisms, cylinders, cones, spheres. Read the question above, select your answer, and check the full explanation below to understand exactly why the correct choice works.

Answer explanation

Choice C is correct. The volume, V , of a right circular cylinder is given by the formula V=πr2h, where r is the radius of the base of the cylinder and h is the height of the cylinder. It's given that a right circular cylinder has a height of 6 centimeters. Therefore, h = 6 . It's also given that the cylinder has a base diameter of 22 centimeters. The radius of a circle is half the diameter of the circle. Since the base of a right circular cylinder is a circle, it follows that the radius of the base of the right circular cylinder is 222, or 11 , centimeters. Therefore, r = 11 . Substituting 11 for r and 6 for h in the formula V=πr2h yields V=π1126, which is equivalent to V=π1216, or V=726π. Therefore, the volume, in cubic centimeters, of the cylinder is 726π.

Choice A is incorrect. This is the volume of a right circular cylinder that has a base diameter of 222, not 22 , centimeters and a height of 6 centimeters.

Choice B is incorrect. This is the volume of a right circular cylinder that has a base diameter of 411, not 22 , centimeters and a height of 6 centimeters.

Choice D is incorrect. This is the volume of a right circular cylinder that has a base diameter of 44 , not 22 , centimeters and a height of 6 centimeters.