A cylinder has a volume of 15 cubic inches. What is the volume of a cone that fits exactly inside the cylinder?

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mathstudent55 · Answer

Do you know the formulas for the volumes of a cylinder and a cone?
Look them up.
You'll find the answer to the question easily if you see the formulas.

anonymous · Answer

1/3(15inches^3) = ?

not really sure what to do here

anonymous · Answer

thats what it says in my lesson anyways

mathstudent55 · Answer

Forget the numbers.
Just write the formulas the way they'd be written in a textbook.

anonymous · Answer

I don't have a textbook :/

mathstudent55 · Answer

Oh, wait. You already answered correctly above.

anonymous · Answer

I'm stuck though. I'm not sure how to solve it?

mathstudent55 · Answer

Ok, I'll be your textbook for this problem.
Here are the formulas you need for this problem.

$\large V_{cylinder} = \pi r^2 h$

$\large V_{cone} = \dfrac{1}{3}\pi r^2 h$

anonymous · Answer

it says "math processing error"

mathstudent55 · Answer

Notice both formulas a very similar.
The both have the part $\pi r^2 h$
What is the difference between them?

anonymous · Answer

what formulas did you type? I'll look them up quick cause it won't show me

mathstudent55 · Answer

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