SOLUTION: The volume of ice-cream in the cone is half the volume of the con. The cone has a 3cm radius and 14cm height. What is the depth of the ice-cream correct to two decimal place?

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Question 1041491: The volume of ice-cream in the cone is half the volume of the con. The cone has a 3cm radius and 14cm height. What is the depth of the ice-cream correct to two decimal place?
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The volume of a cone is,

In this case,


So,

There is also a relationship between the radius and the height of the ice cream within the cone.
When , and when ,
So then,

So calculating the ice cream volume,

Substituting,



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I leave it to you to get the decimal equivalent of the cube root.

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