The volume of a cone is 141.3 cubic inches. The height of the cone is...
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2023-03-07
The volume of a cone is 141.3 cubic inches. The height of the cone is 15 inches What is the radius of the cone, rounded to the nearest inch?
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Beginner2023-03-08Added 6 answers
The formula for the Volume of a cone is:
Where: is the Volume of the cone: for this problem. is the radius of the cone: what we are solving for in this problem. is the height of the cone: for this problem. Substituting and solving for gives:
We can use 3.1416 to estimate giving:
rounded to the nearest inch. To calculate the radius of the cone while keeping the equation balanced, take the square root of each side of the equation:
The cone's radius is 3 inches, rounded to the nearest inch.