A cone-shaped piece of baker’s chocolate has a radius of 3 cm and a height of 9 cm. Samia shaves off some of the chocolate. The remaining piece is still shaped like a cone with a radius of 3 cm, but the height is 6 cm.

How much chocolate did Samia shave off?

Use 3.14 to approximate pi and express your final answer in hundredths.

Question

A cone-shaped piece of baker’s chocolate has a radius of 3 cm and a height of 9 cm. Samia shaves off some of the chocolate. The remaining piece is still shaped like a cone with a radius of 3 cm, but the height is 6 cm.

 

How much chocolate did Samia shave off?

Use 3.14 to approximate pi and express your final answer in hundredths.

mathmale · Answer

Find the volume of the taller cone, then the volume of the shaved cone, and then subtract the latter from the former.  Please show all work done.

mathishardforme1234 · Answer

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