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12 February, 04:39

A mailbox is 15 inches long and 8 inches wide. The height of the mailbox before the curve is 6 inches. What is the volume of the mailbox? Use 3.14 for pi.

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  1. 12 February, 04:47
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    Since the curved part is a semi-circle of radius 4,

    (8*6 + π/2 * 4^2) * 15 = 720+120π in ³
  2. 12 February, 04:52
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    If we assume the curve thing is a semicircle then

    volume rectangleular prism=length times width times height

    volume=cylinder=hpir^2

    ok, so

    the mailbox is 8 inches wide, so the diameter of the half cylinder is 8, so the radius is 4

    the dome part on the top is radius 4 and height 15

    and it is a half cylinder so

    v=1/2 (15) pi4^2=15/2 (16pi) = 120pi cubic inches

    the mailbox is 15 times 8 times 6 or 720 cubic inches

    total is 120pi+720 or 1096.8 cubic inches
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