So, I had assumed that this one was going to have the answer of 36...just out of pure guessing. I got that wrong so now I'm curious as to how I would go a bout solving it.

Given a soda can with a volume of 36 and a diameter of 4, what is the volume of a cone that fits perfectly inside the soda can? (Hint: only enter numerals in the answer blank).

Question

So, I had assumed that this one was going to have the answer of 36...just out of pure guessing. I got that wrong so now I'm curious as to how I would go a bout solving it. 

Given a soda can with a volume of 36 and a diameter of 4, what is the volume of a cone that fits perfectly inside the soda can? (Hint: only enter numerals in the answer blank).

amistre64 · Answer

a cone is 1/3 the volume of its representative cylindar

anonymous · Answer

so do I just divide the volume given to me?

amistre64 · Answer

|dw:1382732778793:dw|