Question

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The volume of a cylinder is 72 cubic feet. What is the volume of a cone that fits exactly inside the cylinder? Provide an explanation and proof for your answer to receive full credit.

Answer 1

A cone's volume is 1/3 the volume of a cylinder.

Answer 2

meaning?

Answer 3

If you have a cone and a cylinder, you have the volume of the cylinder already, to get the cone's volume simply divide the cylinder's volume by 3!

Answer 4

the answer will be 24 right?

Answer 5

Yes.

Answer 6

@Isaiah.Feynman
so the answer in word is
volume of cone = 72/3 = 24
A cone's volume is 1/3 the volume of a cylinder. , to find the volume of the cone that fits inside the cylinder we have to divide the volume of the cylinder by 3 .

Answer 7

Well yes.

Answer 8

thx