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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> can you pleas help me solve: (((Two similar cones have heights 5 and 10. What is the ratio of their volumes?))) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Assuming by similar you mean as in the other question, that the ratio of heights and base dimensions are the same, then the larger cone has 8 times the volume of the smaller cone.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Not 8 times more, 8 times as much. </SPAN>\n" );
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