Wilber wants to make the pond in his backyard bigger. It is currently a cone with a radius of 30 meters and a depth of 15 meters. He wants to increase the radius to 40 meters and the depth to 20 meters. How much more water will the pond hold, in thousands of cubic meters?(Round to the nearest thousand cubic meters.)
Q. Wilber wants to make the pond in his backyard bigger. It is currently a cone with a radius of 30 meters and a depth of 15 meters. He wants to increase the radius to 40 meters and the depth to 20 meters. How much more water will the pond hold, in thousands of cubic meters?(Round to the nearest thousand cubic meters.)
Calculate volume of original pond: Calculate the volume of the original cone-shaped pond.The formula for the volume of a cone is V=31πr2h, where r is the radius and h is the height (or depth).We know: radius (r) = 30 meters, depth (h) = 15 meters, and π≈3.14.Plug in the values to get the original volume: Voriginal=31π(30)2(15).
Perform calculation for original volume: Perform the calculation for the original volume. Voriginal=31×3.14×(30)2×15=31×3.14×900×15Voriginal=3.14×300×15Voriginal=14130 cubic meters
Calculate volume of enlarged pond: Calculate the volume of the enlarged cone-shaped pond.We know: new radius r = 40 meters, new depth h = 20 meters.Plug in the values to get the new volume: Vnew=31π(40)2(20).
Perform calculation for new volume: Perform the calculation for the new volume. Vnew=31×3.14×(40)2×20=31×3.14×1600×20Vnew=3.14×533.3333×20Vnew=3.14×10666.6667Vnew=33493.3334 cubic meters
Calculate difference in volume: Calculate the difference in volume to find out how much more water the pond will hold after the enlargement.Difference in volume = Vnew−Voriginal.Difference in volume = 33493.3334−14130.Difference in volume = 19363.3334 cubic meters.
Convert difference in volume to thousands: Convert the difference in volume to thousands of cubic meters and round to the nearest thousand.Difference in volume (in thousands of cubic meters) = 100019363.3334Difference in volume (in thousands of cubic meters) ≈19.4Round to the nearest thousand: ≈19 thousand cubic meters