document.write( "Question 1136408: A plane is passed parallel to the base of a right circular cone. The distance from the vertex to this plane is two-fifths the altitude of the cone. What is the ratio of the volume of the frustum to the volume of the cone. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let the volume of the large cone be V.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the volume of the small cone is   = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "The volume of the frustum of the cone is the difference .\r\n" );
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document.write( "Finally, the ratio under the question is  .    ANSWER\r\n" );
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