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A solid has a circular base; cross sections perpendicular to the base are squares. What method should be used to find the volume of the solid?
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It has a circular base and the cross sections perpendicular to the base are squares. This means that the shape of the solid is like a cylinder, but instead of having circular cross sections, it has square cross sections. Show more…
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