SOLUTION: There are two containers of ice cream , one has a diameter of 2 inches and has 140 calories, second container has a diameter of 6 inches, how many calories does the second containe

Question 892284: There are two containers of ice cream , one has a diameter of 2 inches and has 140 calories, second container has a diameter of 6 inches, how many calories does the second container have?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, pippi3875@gmail.com:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Just diameter? Any information about height of the containers? Do we assume that the heights are equal for the two containers?

The calories depend on volume; and we could only assume that the heights are equal for the two containers.

ONE:
has 140 calories.
, volume.

SECOND:
has unknown calories amount.
, volume.

The situation is a proportion.
Let c = how many unknown calories in the second container.

, since the h and pi will cancel;

Answer by pippi3875@gmail.com(1) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
6/2, which would equal down to a ratio of 3/1, then you would multiply 3x3x3, which is 27. Then you take 140 calories and multiply 140x27= 3,780 calories for the container with a diameter of 6 inches.
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