SOLUTION: scoop of ice cream has a radius of 2 inches and it fits exactly in a cone with the same radius . how tall would the cone that holds this scoop need to be to hold all the icecream i

Question 934400: scoop of ice cream has a radius of 2 inches and it fits exactly in a cone with the same radius . how tall would the cone that holds this scoop need to be to hold all the icecream if it melts?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can evaluate the volume, and then use formula for volume of a cone to calculate the unknown height.

Cone: you know r for radius but do not know h for height.

The volumes, v, are equal.

, using then r=2, find h=8.
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