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Area and volume: medium

Problem

A multi-layer cake is in the shape of a right cylinder. The height of the cake is 20 centimeters (cm), and its radius is 10cm. If each of the cake layers has a volume of approximately 1,250 cubic centimeters, then how many layers does the cake have?
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/4
  • an exact decimal, like 0.75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12 pi or 2/3 pi

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