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A cylinder is full at 471 cm3 and has a radius of 5 cm. It currently contains 314 cm3 of water.


What will the difference in the height of the water be when the cylinder is full?

Use 3.14 to approximate pi.

_____cm

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The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "2 cm."

The formula of the volume is:
Volume = pi r^2 h
471 = 3.14 5^2 h
471 = 78.5h
h = 6 cm

Volume = pi r^2 h
314 = 3.14 5^2 h
314 = 78.5h
h = 4 cm

So the difference is 6 cm - 4 cm = 2 cm.

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