Question

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Answer 1

Tim is an elementary school art teacher. His students are sculpting a replica of a shark out of clay. Tim has given them one block of clay to make 20 conical shark teeth for the sculpture. The block contains 81 cm3 of clay. If each tooth is solid and has a 2.5 cm base diameter, what is the maximum height each tooth can be? Assume that the students use all the clay.

Answer 2

1.25 cm
2.27 cm
2.47 cm
3.57 cm
4.50 cm

Answer 3

You have a cubic volume to start with. You know that 20 teeth will make up that volume. So divide up the tital by 20, then find the size that would make that volume for a single tooth.