Snowy's Snow Cones has a special bubble gum snow cone on sale. The cone is a regular snow cone that has a spherical piece of bubble gum nested at the bottom of the cone. The radius of the snow cone is 4 inches, and the height of the cone is 6 inches. If the diameter of the bubble gum is 0.8 inches, what is the closest approximation of the volume of the cone that can be filled with flavored ice? Use 3.14 for pi.

a. 81.67 cubic inches
b. 91.23 cubic inches
c. 92.81 cubic inches
d. 100.21 cubic inches

Question

Snowy's Snow Cones has a special bubble gum snow cone on sale. The cone is a regular snow cone that has a spherical piece of bubble gum nested at the bottom of the cone. The radius of the snow cone is 4 inches, and the height of the cone is 6 inches. If the diameter of the bubble gum is 0.8 inches, what is the closest approximation of the volume of the cone that can be filled with flavored ice? Use 3.14 for pi. 

a. 81.67 cubic inches
b. 91.23 cubic inches
c. 92.81 cubic inches
d. 100.21 cubic inches

directrix · Answer

The volume of the cone minus the volume of the spherical bubble gum is the "ice volume," I think.

|dw:1384490993176:dw|