7 Math Instructor City College of San Francisco Expert Interview. H height of a cylinder. To get the area of the base you need its radius.
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V refers to the volume of the cylinder is m3 pi refers to the value of pie r refers to the radius of the cylinder h is the height of the cylinder. Like prisms the volume is found by multiplying the area of one end of the cylinder base by its height. The volume of the cylinder is. Multiply the area of the base by the height.