SOLUTION: Consider a cone with a diameter of 12 and a height of 8. The volume of an inscribed sphere in the cone is ___________ _
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Question 976321: Consider a cone with a diameter of 12 and a height of 8. The volume of an inscribed sphere in the cone is _____________ Answer by anand429(138) (Show Source):
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Hints: Tangents from an external point to a circle/sphere are equal
Slant height of cone = sqrt(h^2+r^2) = 10
Rest. see. the figure in above link.
Volume = (4/3)pi(r^3)
