SOLUTION: Determine the vertical angle of a cone with height 20cm and radius 5cm

Question 1179870: Determine the vertical angle of a cone with height 20cm and radius 5cm
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Determine the vertical angle of a cone with
height and
radius
let the vertical angle be
use right triangle with sides the height , radius , and slant height to find

using tan:

°
°
°

or, find slant height and use cosine

°
°

or use sine

°
°

so, the vertical angle of a cone with height and radius is °

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