A soft drink is available in two packs – (i) a tin can with a rectangular base of length 5 cm and width 4 cm, having a height of 15 cm and (ii) a plastic cylinder with circular base of diameter 7 cm and height 10 cm. Which container has greater capacity and by how much?
Solution:
Length of cuboidal tin can
cm
Breadth of cuboidal tin can
cm
Height of cuboidal tin can
cm
Volume of cuboidal tin can
(1)
Base diameter of plastic cylinder
cm
Therefore, radius of plastic cylinder
cm
Height of plastic cylinder
cm
Volume of plastic cylinder
(2)
From (1) and (2), we can say that volume of plastic cylinder is greater by 85
.
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