Question

Raw milk is stored at a dairy farm in a refrigerated cylindrical vat 6.50 feet wide and 12.5 feet high. You measure the level of milk to be 2.75 ft from the brim. What is the depth in feet of the milk in the tank

Answer 1

Answer:

9.75ft

Step-by-step explanation:

Step one:

Given data

Dimension of the cylinder

Diameter= 6.5 ft

Height= 12.5 ft

You measure the level of milk to be 2.75 ft from the brim

Required

The dept of the milk in the cylinder

Step two:

to get the depth, we need to subtract the measured level from the brim from the height of the cylinder

= 12.5-2.75

=9.75 ft

Hence the Depth of the milk is 9.75ft