Given:
Cylinder
Diameter: 12ft
Height: 20ft
Part A: Find the volume of the silo
Volume of a cylinder:
[tex]V=h\cdot\pi\cdot r^2[/tex]r is the radius (radius is half of the diameter)
h is the height
[tex]\begin{gathered} V=20ft\cdot3.14\cdot(\frac{12ft}{2})^2 \\ \\ V=20ft\cdot3.14\cdot(6ft)^2 \\ \\ V=20ft\cdot3.14\cdot36ft^2 \\ \\ V=2260.8ft^3 \end{gathered}[/tex]Part B: As each bag fills 12 cubic feet, divide the number of cubic feet that can fit in the silo into 12 to find the total number of bags that the farmer must purchase:
[tex]\frac{2260.8}{12}=\frac{22608}{120}[/tex]