document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=200552>Question 200552</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0618503080/algebrahomeworkh>Intermediate Algebra An Applied Approach</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A perfectly spherical scoop of mint chocolate chip ice cream is placed in a cone, as shown in the figure. How far is the bottom of the scoop of ice cream from the bottom of the cone? Round to the nearest tenth. (Hint: A line segment from the center of the ice cream to the point at which the ice cream touches the cone is perpendicular to the edge of the cone).  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #150824 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=RAY100><B>RAY100(1637)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=RAY100><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=150824\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The  side  of  the  cone  is \" l \",,,  radius  of  spherical  ice  cream  is  \"r\",,,and  height  of  cone is \"h\"<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "we  do  not  have  numbers, so  you  will have  to  finish  by  substituting<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sides  r-h-l make  a  right  triangle,,,with  l^2 = r^2 +h^2,,or  h = sqrt( l^2-r^2)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "since  ice  cream  is  spherical, it  sags  into  h  a  distance  r,  therefore  distance  from  bottom  of  ice  cream  to  bottom of  cone  is  h-r,,,or  sqrt(l^2-r^2) - r </SPAN>\n" );
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