Visit this website and explore the volume of cylinders by clicking on the orange dot.

While dragging the orange dot around the screen, observe the volume of the cylinder. Write your observations and answers to the following questions in your notes. 

• The volume of a cylinder has one number that is always constant, what is it?
• The volume of a cylinder is similar to the volume of a prism. State how it is similar.
• A general formula for the volume of a cylinder is ___?____.
  
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  V = Bh
• Give an example of a right cylinder and an oblique cylinder. 
  
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  Possible Answer:  Two stacks of coins, one is leaning to the side.

Write a statement (conjecture) about the volume of pyramid with respect to a prism with the same base and height.

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The volume of a pyramid is 1 3  the volume of a prism with the same base and height, V = 1 3 Bh