A cake is a right circular cylinder with a height of 5 inches and a diameter of 10 inches serves 12 people. I need to feed 64 people cake at a retirement event. The only option is sheet cake 3" high and 10" wide. Sheet cake is rectangular prism. What length of cake should I buy? Please answer to the nearest inch (no decimals).

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A cake is a right circular cylinder with a height of 5 inches and a diameter of 10 inches serves 12 people. I need to feed 64 people cake at a retirement event. The only option is sheet cake 3" high and 10" wide. Sheet cake is rectangular prism. What length of cake should I buy? Please answer to the nearest inch (no decimals).
Transcribed Image Text:A cake is a right circular cylinder with a height of 5 inches and a diameter of 10 inches serves 12 people. I need to feed 64 people cake at a retirement event. The only option is sheet cake 3" high and 10" wide. Sheet cake is rectangular prism. What length of cake should I buy? Please answer to the nearest inch (no decimals).
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