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A company is decreasing the amount of tuna sold in a cylindrical can by 10%. The cans will have the same height but a smaller diameter. By what percent should the diameter decrease in order to accomodate the change?

2007-09-26 16:12:12 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

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For a cylinder, V = pi*r^2*h.
Let ro be the initial volume and rf the reduced volume. Then Vo= pi*ro^2*h and Vf=pi*rf^2*h.
Since Vf/Vo= 0.9 = rf^2/ro^2
rf is about 0.95*ro

2007-09-26 16:20:43 · answer #1 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 0 0

pi*r1^2*h/pi*r^h=0.9
(r1/r)=sqrt(0.9)=0.94 thus decrease in diameter is 6%

2007-09-26 23:17:55 · answer #2 · answered by jsarkar14 2 · 0 0

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