Question

Alice purchased paint in a bucket with a radius of 9 in. and a height of 9.5 in. The paint cost $0.09 per in3.

Find the total cost of the paint, rounded to the nearest cent.
Use 3.14 to approximate pi.

Answer 1

To find the total cost of the paint, we first need to find the volume of the paint she purchased. We assume that the bucket is a cylinder so the volume of a cylinder is calculated by the expression:

Volume = πr²h
Volume = 3.14 (9 in)²(9.5 in)
Volume = 2416.23 in³

Therefore, the cost would be,

Cost = $0.09/in³ x 2416.23 in³ = $217.5