A local artist creates a piece with two glass cylinders filled with colored water. The second cylinder has the same radius but is 1/2 tall as the first cylinder. What is the relationship between the volume of the first cylinder and the second cylinder?

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Sean
Mar 19, 2018

Third Option down.

Explanation:

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The formula for the volume of a cylinder is:

#V_("Cylinder")=Area_(Base)*Height=pir^2h#

#V_1=pir^2h_1#

#V_2=pir^2h_2#

#h_1=2h_2#

#V_1=2pir^2h_2#

#V_2=pir^2h_2#

#V_1/V_2=2#

#V_1=2V_2#

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