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A right circular cylinder has a base diameter of centimeters and a height of centimeters. What is the volume, in cubic centimeters, of the cylinder?
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, , of a right circular cylinder is given by the formula , where is the radius of the base of the cylinder and is the height of the cylinder. It's given that a right circular cylinder has a height of centimeters. Therefore, . It's also given that the cylinder has a base diameter of 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 , or , centimeters. Therefore, . Substituting for and for in the formula yields , which is equivalent to , or . Therefore, the volume, in cubic centimeters, of the cylinder is .
Choice A is incorrect. This is the volume of a right circular cylinder that has a base diameter of , not , centimeters and a height of centimeters.
Choice B is incorrect. This is the volume of a right circular cylinder that has a base diameter of , not , centimeters and a height of centimeters.
Choice D is incorrect. This is the volume of a right circular cylinder that has a base diameter of , not , centimeters and a height of centimeters.
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