Question 4915: A cone and a cylinder have equal bases and equal altitudes. The volume of the cone is what fraction of the volume of the cylinder Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! As I said in my answer to the last question, the volume of a cylinder is 3 times the volume of a comparable cone or pyramid.
Cylinder:
Cone:
Because the cone comes to a point on the top (or bottom), it is only 1/3 what it would have been if it had been a cylinder.
