Problema Solution

Suppose a water tank in the shape of a right circular cylinder is thirty feet long and eight feet in diameter. How much sheet metal was used in its construction?

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for cylinderical tank    

h =30 feet  ,r = 8/2 = 4 feet  

metal sheet used = total surface area of cylinder

                      = 2 x3.14xr ( r + h )  

                      =2x3.14x4x (4 + 30 )

                     = 2 x 3.14 x 4 x 34

                     = 854.08 square feet