Answer:
11.781 cubic inches (round accordingly)
Step-by-step explanation:
The formula for the volume of a cone is:
where r is the radius and h is the height.
For our ice cream cone:
d = 3 inches
r = 1.5 inches (the radius is half of the diameter)
h= 5 inches
So all we have to do is plug in our values and solve for the volume:
So our final answer is around 11.8 cubic inches.
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Explanation:
Refer to the diagram below. The width is w. We have two opposite and parallel sides equal to this. The other two parallel congruent sides are L = 25-2w meters long. We start with the total amount of fencing, and then subtract off the two width values, so 25-w-w = 25-2w.
The area of the rectangle is
Area = length*width
Area = L*W
Area = (25-2w)*w
Area = 25w - 2w^2
Area = -2w^2 + 25w
Set this equal to the desired area (25 square meters) to get
-2w^2 + 25w = 25
and we can subtract 25 from both sides to get everything on one side
-2w^2 + 25w - 25 = 0
side note: The two approximate solutions of this equation are w = 1.0961 and w = 11.4039 (use the quadratic formula or a graphing calculator to find this)
