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Volume of A Cylinder

This document discusses the properties of a right circular cylinder. A cylinder has a radius and a height. Its surface area is calculated by adding the areas of the two circular bases and the area of the curved surface. The volume of a cylinder is calculated by multiplying the area of its circular base by its height, with the area of the circular base determined using the formula πr^2.

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Volume of A Cylinder

This document discusses the properties of a right circular cylinder. A cylinder has a radius and a height. Its surface area is calculated by adding the areas of the two circular bases and the area of the curved surface. The volume of a cylinder is calculated by multiplying the area of its circular base by its height, with the area of the circular base determined using the formula πr^2.

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This page examines the properties of a right circular cylinder.

A cylinder has a radius (r) and


a height (h) (see picture below).
This shape is similar to a soda can. The surface area is the area of the top and bottom
circles (which are the same), and the area of the rectangle (label that wraps around the can)

Cylinder Volume Formula


Practice Problems on Area of a Cylinder

Problem 1
What is the volume of the cylinder with a radius of 2 and a height of 6?

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Problem 2
What is the volume of the cylinder with a radius of 3 and a height of 5?
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Problem 3
What is the area of the cylinder with a radius of 6 and a height of 7?

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How to find the volume of a cylinder


Although a cylinder is technically not a prism, it
shares many of the properties of a prism. Like prisms,
the volume is found by multiplying the area of one end
of the cylinder (base) by its height.
Since the end (base) of a cylinder is a circle,
the area of that circle is given by the formula:
area

Multiplying by the height h we get


volume

2
h

where:
is Pi, approximately 3.142
r is the radius of the circular end of the cylinder
h height of the cylinder

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