Question

A snow cone is a tasty treat with flavored ice and a spherical bubble gum ball at the bottom.



The radius of the cone is 1.5 inches, and its height is 3 inches. If the diameter of the bubble gum ball is 0.5 inches, what is the closest approximation of the volume of the cone that can be filled with flavored ice?

Answer 1

So basically you want to subtract the volume of the sphere from the volume of the cone.
The volume of a sphere is V=(4/3)*pi*r^3 ---- we're given d=0.5, and d=2r so r=0.5/2=0.25; use this to find V
The volume of a cone is V=(1/3)*pi*r^2*h ---- we're given r=1.5 and h=3 so plug them in.

Answer 2

Once you've found both V's subtract the first one from the second one to get your answer.

Answer 3

so it's 7.00in^3

Answer 4

yep!

Answer 5

I got one more