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Example Questions

Example Question #4 : Solid Geometry

Find the volume of the following cone.

Cone

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula for the volume of a cone is:

Where  is the radius of the cone and  is the height of the cone

 

Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of the radius:

 

Plugging in our values, we get:

Example Question #1 : Cones

Find the volume of the following half cone.

Half_cone

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The formula of the volume of a half cone is:

Where  is the radius of the cone and  is the height of the cone.

 

Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the height of the cone:

 

Example Question #1 : How To Find The Volume Of A Cone

What is the volume of a right cone with a diameter of 6 cm and a height of 5 cm?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The general formula is given by V = 1/3Bh = 1/3\pi r^{2}h, where  = radius and  = height.

The diameter is 6 cm, so the radius is 3 cm.

Example Question #1861 : High School Math

There is a large cone with a radius of 4 meters and height of 18 meters. You can fill the cone with water at a rate of 3 cubic meters every 25 seconds. How long will it take you to fill the cone?

Possible Answers:

 

Correct answer:

Explanation:

First we will calculate the volume of the cone

Next we will determine the time it will take to fill that volume

We will then convert that into minutes

Example Question #1 : How To Find The Volume Of A Cone

You have an empty cylinder with a base diameter of 6 and a height of 10 and you have a cone full of water with a base radius of 3 and a height of 10.  If you empty the cone of water into the cylinder, how much volume is left empty in the cylinder?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Cylinder Volume = 

Cone Volume = 

Cylinder Diameter = 6, therefore Cylinder Radius = 3

Cone Radius = 3

Empty Volume = Cylinder Volume – Cone Volume

 

Example Question #11 : Solid Geometry

What is the volume of a cone with base radius 4, and height 6?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The volume of a cone is  , where  is the height of the cone and  is the base radius.

The volume of this cone is thus:

=  

Example Question #1 : Cones

What is the surface area of a cone with a radius of 4 and a height of 3?

Possible Answers:

40\pi

16\pi

25\pi

48\pi

36\pi

Correct answer:

36\pi

Explanation:

Here we simply need to remember the formula for the surface area of a cone and plug in our values for the radius and height.

\Pi r^{2} + \Pi r\sqrt{r^{2} + h^{2}}= \Pi\ast 4^{2} + \Pi \ast 4\sqrt{4^{2} + 3^{2}} = 16\Pi + 4\Pi \sqrt{25} = 16\Pi + 20\Pi = 36\Pi

Example Question #1 : How To Find The Surface Area Of A Cone

The lateral area is twice as big as the base area of a cone.  If the height of the cone is 9, what is the entire surface area (base area plus lateral area)?

Possible Answers:

90π

27π

81π

54π

Correct answer:

81π

Explanation:

Lateral Area = LA = π(r)(l) where r = radius of the base and l = slant height

LA = 2B

π(r)(l) = 2π(r2)

rl = 2r2

l = 2r

Cone

From the diagram, we can see that r2 + h2 = l2.  Since h = 9 and l = 2r, some substitution yields

r2 + 92 = (2r)2 

r2 + 81 = 4r2 

81 = 3r2 

27 = r2

B = π(r2) = 27π

LA = 2B = 2(27π) = 54π

SA = B + LA = 81π

 

Example Question #11 : Cones

What is the surface area of a cone with a height of 8 and a base with a radius of 5?

 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the surface area of a cone we must plug in the appropriate numbers into the equation

where is the radius of the base, and is the lateral, or slant height of the cone.

First we must find the area of the circle.

To find the area of the circle we plug in our radius into the equation of a circle which is

This yields .

We then need to know the surface area of the cone shape.

To find this we must use our height and our radius to make a right triangle in order to find the lateral height using Pythagorean’s Theorem.

Pythagorean’s Theorem states

Take the radius and height and plug them into the equation as a and b to yield 

First square the numbers 

After squaring the numbers add them together 

Once you have the sum, square root both sides 

After calculating we find our length is 

Then plug the length into the second portion of our surface area equation above to get 

Then add the area of the circle with the conical area to find the surface area of the entire figure 

The answer is .

Example Question #12 : Cones

What is the surface area of a cone with a radius of 6 in and a height of 8 in?

Possible Answers:

36π in2

60π in2

66π in2

112π in2

96π in2

Correct answer:

96π in2

Explanation:

Find the slant height of the cone using the Pythagorean theorem:  r2 + h2 = s2 resulting in 62 + 82 = s2 leading to s2 = 100 or s = 10 in

SA = πrs + πr2 = π(6)(10) + π(6)2 = 60π + 36π = 96π in2

60π in2 is the area of the cone without the base.

36π in2 is the area of the base only.

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