Question

Austin keeps a right conical basin for the birds in his garden as represented in the diagram. The basin is 40 centimeters deep, and the angle between the sloping sides is 77°. What is the shortest distance between the tip of the cone and its rim?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

a. 177.8 cm
b. 64.3 cm
c. 50.3 cm
d. 51.1 cm
e. 41.1 cm

Answer 3

@dan815

Answer 4

anyone?

Answer 5

okay so which side length do you want to find?

Answer 6

the tip of the cone and its rim

Answer 7

i think so

Answer 8

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Answer 9

oops, I meant use trig to find the hypotenuse

Answer 10

can you carry on from there

Answer 11

yea

Answer 12

77/2=38.5

Answer 13

yes, yes it is lol

Answer 14

lol

Answer 15

now find the hypotenuse