SOLUTION: You are filling paper cones with popcorn for a prty. The radius of each cone is 8 centimeters and the height is 15 centimeters. Find the amount of popcorn needed to fill the paper

Question 136592: You are filling paper cones with popcorn for a prty. The radius of each cone is 8 centimeters and the height is 15 centimeters. Find the amount of popcorn needed to fill the paper cone to the nearest cubic cnetimeter. USe 3.14 for pie.

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Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A cone is the volume of a cylinder with the same height and base radius.

So, the volume of a cone is . Just plug in your values and do the arithmetic, remembering to round off to the nearest whole number.
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