This math skill teaches how to calculate the volume of a cylinder by multiplying the area of its circular base (π times the radius squared) with its height.
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Volume of a cylinder
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Find the volume of this cylinder
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The volume of any prism, including a cylinder, is just the area of its base times the length of the straight sides. In this case the straight sides are its height
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The area of the base is the area of a circle, which is pi times the radius squared, or pi times 7 squared.
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So the area of the base is 49 pi
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If we multiply 49 pi times the height of 10, we will get the volume
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So that's a volume of 490 pi, or about 1539