Problema Solution
You work in the shipping department of an organic food company and need to calculate the net weight of a jar of raspberry preserves. The jar is a cylinder. It has an inside diameter of 1.5 inches and an inside height of 4.75 inches. The raspberry preserves weigh 0.53 ounces per cubic inch. What is the net weight, rounded to the nearest hundredth, of the jar of raspberry preserves.
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d = 1.5 in
H = 4.75 in
V = (d/2)^2*pi*H
V = (1.5/2)^2*pi*4.75
V = 8.39 in^3
The raspberry preserves weigh 0.53 ounces per cubic inch means that there will be:
0.53*8.39 = 4.45 ounces approximately
The jar preserves 4.45 ounces.