SOLUTION: A cone has a volume of 125π cubic units. It has a radius of 2x-5 units and a height of 3x units. What is the radius of the cone?

Question 1171346: A cone has a volume of 125π cubic units. It has a radius of 2x-5 units and a height of 3x units. What is the radius of the cone?
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

That's going to give you a cubic equation that you will need to solve....

So let's guess that the answer is a "nice" number.

125 = 5*5*5 gives us a clue; and a bit of easy mental arithmetic shows the solution is x=5.

ANSWER: The radius is 2x-5 = 5 units.

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