SOLUTION: You are filling paper cones with popcorn for a prty. The radius of each cone is 8 centimeters and the height is 15 centimeters. Find the amount of popcorn needed to fill the paper

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Question 136592: You are filling paper cones with popcorn for a prty. The radius of each cone is 8 centimeters and the height is 15 centimeters. Find the amount of popcorn needed to fill the paper cone to the nearest cubic cnetimeter. USe 3.14 for pie.


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A cone is 1%2F3 the volume of a cylinder with the same height and base radius.

So, the volume of a cone is V=%281%2F3%29pi%2Ar%5E2h. Just plug in your values and do the arithmetic, remembering to round off to the nearest whole number.