Find the volume of a right circular cone that has a height of 9.5cm and a base with a circumference of 9cm. Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a cubic centimeter.Answer: cm3
Q. Find the volume of a right circular cone that has a height of 9.5cm and a base with a circumference of 9cm. Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a cubic centimeter.Answer: cm3
Volume Formula for Cone: To find the volume of a cone, we need to know the radius of the base and the height. The formula for the volume of a cone is V=(31)πr2h, where r is the radius and h is the height. We are given the height as 9.5 cm, but we need to find the radius from the circumference of the base.
Calculate Radius from Circumference: The circumference of a circle is given by the formula C=2πr, where C is the circumference and r is the radius. We can rearrange this formula to solve for the radius: r=2πC. The circumference is given as 9 cm.
Calculate Volume with Radius and Height: Now we calculate the radius: r=(2π)9cm. Using π≈3.14159, we get r≈(2×3.14159)9cm≈6.283189cm≈1.432cm.
Perform Calculation: With the radius found, we can now calculate the volume of the cone using the volume formula V=31πr2h. Substituting the values we have r≈1.432 cm and h=9.5 cm, we get V≈31×3.14159×(1.432cm)2×9.5cm.
Round to Nearest Tenth: Performing the calculation: V≈(1/3)×3.14159×(1.432cm)2×9.5cm≈(1/3)×3.14159×2.049824×9.5cm≈20.431cm3.
Final Volume: Finally, we round the answer to the nearest tenth of a cubic centimeter. The volume of the cone is approximately 20.4cm3.
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