A cylindrical water tank is 1.2 meters high and has a diameter of 4.6 meters. Approximately how much cubic meters of water will the container hold when it is half full?

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EvSunWoodard · Answer 1 · 2019-12-22T20:34:53+0000

The volume of a cylindrical tank of height
and radius
is

$V=\pi r^2h$ . Here
$h=1.2\;,2r=4.6\;m,r=2.3\;m$ .

Substituting numerical values,

$V=\pi (2.3)^2(1.2)=19.943\;m^3$ . When the tank is half full, the amount of water the container holds is

$(V)/(2)=19.943/2=9.971\;m^3$