Question

The triathletes were offered water as they rode by the volunteer station. The volunteers handed them cones with the dimensions shown. If each triathlete sloshed 1/3 of the water out before they drank it, how many cubic cm of water did they slosh out? Round to the nearest tenth.
Height 7cm
radius 3.5cm

Answer 1

Find the area of the cone:
Area of cone: ⅓r^2h
⅓r^2h
= ⅓(3.5)^2(7)
= ⅓(12.25)(7)
= 1/3(85.75)
= 85.75/3
1/3 cup sloshed out:
(85.75/3 )/3
= 29.9 cubic cm