compare the amount of sand in the top cone of the hourglass to the amount there will be when the height of the sand in the top cone is only one inch..height is 10 in

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where is everyone?

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dead

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or assuming your question involves calculus

anonymous · Answer

nah no calculus

anonymous · Answer

so... the hourglass in question... are you given any measurements other than 1 in. and 10 in. ?

anonymous · Answer

nope that's what makes it hard

anonymous · Answer

its the upside down cone they are talking about

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I know

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oh ok

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have you done other problems of this kind?

anonymous · Answer

no, i'm terrible at math

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ok, a similar problem is: compare the areas of two triangles, one ten times larger than the other in both dimensions

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go on

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think about it and see if you can answer the similar problem. If necessary, make an example and calculate it

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I only have height so I compare say 100 to 10 but what else?

anonymous · Answer

I'm not sure what you're saying. Try an example using a right triangle with side lengths 1, 1, and sqrt(2) and a right triangle with side lengths 10, 10, and 10sqrt(2)

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I'm lost, can we go through steps?

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compare the areas of the triangles