A gardener has a flower pot that he wants to fill with dirt. The flower pot has a radius of 8 cm at its opening and a radius of
7 cm at its base. The flower pot has a height of 10 cm. Part A:
Provide an estimate for the amount of dirt, in cubic centimeters, that the gardener will need to completely fill the flower pot.
<em>Part A</em>: The approximate volume of the frustum is .
<em>Part B</em>: How the answer was determined was to view the flower pot as a frustum of a cone, and apply the formula in calculating the volume of the flower-pot.
The flower pot has the shape of a conical frustum (See the attached image). The volume of the frustum is given by
where
substituting the values of , and into the frustum formula and using