A snow cone is a tasty treat with flavored ice and a spherical bubble gum ball at the bottom. The radius of the cone is 1.25 inches, and its height is 2.75 inches. If the diameter of the bubble gum ball is 0.5 inches, what is the closest approximation of the volume of the cone that can be filled with flavored ice?

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Vocaloid · Answer

you can fill the cone in every space that isn't occupied by the sphere

so basically your available area is

(volume of cone) - (volume of sphere)
= (1/3)(pi)(r^2)(h) - (4/3)(pi)r^3