SOLUTION: The diameter of the base of a cone is 14cm and its slant height is 25cm.what is its vertical height?

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Question 392145: The diameter of the base of a cone is 14cm and its slant height is 25cm.what is its vertical height?
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The diameter of the base of a cone is 14cm and its slant height is 25cm.what is its vertical height
use pythagoras theorem since the height and the base are at right angles.
25^2-7^2= (Slant height)^2
576 = slangth height ^2
slant height = sqrt 576 = 24 cm
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