Little Bill just bought a chocolate ice cream cone with his chore money. Little Bill is wondering if all the ice cream will fit inside the cone. Seeing as how he likes to experiment, Little Bill starts to push the ice cream into the cone with his fingers. Find out if all the ice cream will fit, or if it will overflow! The scoop of ice cream is a sphere with a 2.5 inch diameter. The cone has a height of 4 inches and a diameter of 2 inches.

Volume of Cone=__________________

Volume of Sphere=________________

Overflow? Yes / NO

Question

Little Bill just bought a chocolate ice cream cone with his chore money. Little Bill is wondering if all the ice cream will fit inside the cone. Seeing as how he likes to experiment, Little Bill starts to push the ice cream into the cone with his fingers. Find out if all the ice cream will fit, or if it will overflow! The scoop of ice cream is a sphere with a 2.5 inch diameter. The cone has a height of 4 inches and a diameter of 2 inches.

Volume of Cone=__________________

Volume of Sphere=________________

Overflow?        Yes / NO

ujjwal · Answer

Volume of sphere=$\frac{4}{3}\pi r^3$
Volume of cone= $\frac{1}{3}\pi r^2h$
find both volumes.
If volume of sphere is greater, ice-cream will overflow else not.

anonymous · Answer

what??

anonymous · Answer

Can you just tell me what they are and then i can figure it out how you got it

anonymous · Answer

How about we call the person in the problem, Lil' Rich

ujjwal · Answer

The scoop is a sphere and the cone is a cone. Now find their volumes. r is radius and h is height in the above relations i mentioned.

anonymous · Answer

i still dont get it