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Find the inner surface area A of a cylindrical 250.0 cubic cm cup as a function of the radius r of the base. Then if A = 175.0 square cm, solve for r. Write one or two paragraphs explaining your method for setting up the function, and how you used a graphing calculator to solve for r with the given value of A.

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It is given that the volume of the cylindrical cup is 250 cm3^3. The volume of a cylinder is V=πr2hV=\pi r^2h so πr2h=250\pi r^2h=250. Solving this for hh gives h=250πr2h=\dfrac{250}{\pi r^2}. The surface area of a cylinder is A=2πr2+2πrhA=2\pi r^2+2\pi rh. A cup only has one base though since the top is open so the surface area of the cup is A=πr2+2πrhA=\pi r^2+2\pi rh. Substituting in h=250πr2h=\dfrac{250}{\pi r^2} then gives A=πr2+2πr(250πr2)=πr2+500rA=\pi r^2+2\pi r\left(\dfrac{250}{\pi r^2}\right)=\pi r^2+\dfrac{500}{r}.

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