Alice purchased paint in a bucket with a radius of 3.5 inches and a height of 8 inches the paint cost $0.05 per cubic inch. what was the total cost of the paint? use 3.14 for pi. round only your final answer to the nearest penny.

Formula

Volume of the paint = πr²h


Find Volume of the paint in the bucket

Volume of the paint = 3.14 x 3.5² x 8 = 307.72 in³


Find the cost of the paint

1 in³ = $0.05
307.88 in³ = $0.05 x 307.72
307.88 in³ = $15.39 (nearest hundredth)


The paint cost $15.39