The answer is -5, -5 added by 5 cancels each other out. Then when you add 4x + 8x, you get 12x. So when you do 12x= -60, you get -5.
It a negative 1 because when have the - sign it a negative number
We have that
[Volume of the pencil]=[Volume of <span>cylinder]+[volume of cone]
</span>[Volume of cylinder]=pi*(0.5²)*15=11.78 cm³
[volume of cone]=pi*(0.5²)*2/3=0.52 cm³
[Volume of the pencil]=[11.78]+[0.52]=12.30 cm³
the answer is 12.30 cm³
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