SOLUTION: Sand is falling from a chute onto the ground, forming a conical pile whose diameter is always three times its height. How high is the pile (to the nearest hundreth of a foot) when

Question 1134669: Sand is falling from a chute onto the ground, forming a conical pile whose diameter is always three times its height. How high is the pile (to the nearest hundreth of a foot) when it contains 1000 ft^3 of sand?
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

d = 3h, so r = (3/2)h

Which to 5 decimal places is 7.51501, so rounding to the nearest hundredth is not a good choice. But since that's what it asks for....

ANSWER: 7.52 feet.

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