Raw milk is stored at a dairy farm in a refrigerated cylindrical vat 6.50 feet wide and 12.5 feet high. You measure the level of milk to be 2.75 ft from the brim. What is the depth in feet of the milk in the tank? Include appropriate significant figures in your answer.

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Raw milk is stored at a dairy farm in a refrigerated cylindrical vat 6.50 feet wide and 12.5 feet high.

You measure the level of milk to be 2.75 ft from the brim. What is the depth in feet of the milk in the tank? Include appropriate significant figures in your answer.

 

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