document.write( "Question 1137433: A cone frustum is inscribed in a sphere of radius 13. If one of the bases of the frustum is a great circle of the sphere, and the other base has radius 12, what is height. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "The height of this frustum is equal to the distance of its smaller base from the center of the sphere.\r\n" );
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document.write( "In turn, this distance is   =  =  = 5.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  The height of the frustum is 5 units.\r\n" );
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