A solid right circular cone has a base radius of and a slant height of . What is the volume of this cone?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A.
- Step 1: Find the vertical height using the Pythagorean theorem with radius and slant height : .
- Step 2: Calculate the volume using : .
Answer
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Why not the others: mistakenly uses the slant height in place of vertical height (); calculates cylinder volume () without dividing by 3; uses instead of .
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