SOLUTION: Two similar cylinders have volumes of 120 in cubed and 405 in cubed. How do I use the scale factor and volume to compute the ratio of their heights?
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Question 970702: Two similar cylinders have volumes of 120 in cubed and 405 in cubed. How do I use the scale factor and volume to compute the ratio of their heights?
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Two similar cylinders have volumes of 120 in cubed and 405 in cubed.
How do I use the scale factor and volume to compute the ratio of their heights?
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Cancel out pi, reduce the ratio fraction
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note that both the denominator and numerator at perfect cubes
How convenient to make r1=2, h1=2 and r2=3, h2=3
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we can see the height ratio = 2:3
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