Question

How far from the top must you cut a conical tent in order to cut the cloth in half?

Answer 1

since there's no picture, I'd say half the height of the tent

Answer 2

It can't be the half of the tent, though.. A cone when opened becomes a sector so there's probably another formula.. I just can't figure it out.

Answer 3

what's the surface area of the cone?

Answer 4

It wasn't given.

Answer 5

Well why don't you look it up?

Answer 6

I tried to, but I couldn't understand the explanation. There also weren't much sources.

Answer 7

do you know how to take a screenshot of the material?

Answer 8

http://bit.ly/13delse

Answer 9

Only the question was given.. there were no illustrations or what ever.

Answer 10

hmmm, I notice the original posting was edited :P
not it has "cloth" in it

Answer 11

now rather

Answer 12

@wlbadrm can you just go on google and search for the surface area of a cone?

Answer 13

yeap, it was. I made a mistake typing the question. :)

Answer 14

@bahrom7893 1/2(circumference of base)(slant height)

Answer 15

total surface area of a cone = \(\bf \Large \pi r \sqrt{r^2+h^2} + \pi r^2\)

Answer 16

we don't need the total surface area unless the cloth covers the bottom as well.

Answer 17

\(\bf \sqrt{r^2+h^2}\) being the so-called slant height, using pythgorean theorem

Answer 18

that's true,.... only lateral area , then just \(\bf \Large \pi r \sqrt{r^2+h^2}\)

Answer 19

so I guess half of that Area for the tent, will be THAT/2
since no picture or values are provided, thus so it's

Answer 20

So:
\[A=\pi*r\sqrt{r^2+h^2}\]you want the area to be split into half. What should the new h be?