SOLUTION: A cone and a cylinder have equal bases and equal altitudes. The volume of the cone is what fraction of the volume of the cylinder
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Question 4915: A cone and a cylinder have equal bases and equal altitudes. The volume of the cone is what fraction of the volume of the cylinder
Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
As I said in my answer to the last question, the volume of a cylinder is 3 times the volume of a comparable cone or pyramid.
Cylinder:
Cone:
Because the cone comes to a point on the top (or bottom), it is only 1/3 what it would have been if it had been a cylinder.
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