SOLUTION: Find the volume of a cone with a height of 10m and a base diameter of 6m. Use the value 3.14 for π, and do not do any rounding.Be sure to include the correct unit in your a

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Question 1001372: Find the volume of a cone with a height of 10m and a base diameter of 6m.
Use the value 3.14 for π, and do not do any rounding.Be sure to include the correct unit in your answer.
Answer by ikleyn(52878) About Me  (Show Source):
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The volume of a cone is one third of the product of the area of its base, which is a circle, by its height:

V = 1%2F3.pi%2AR%5E2%2Ah = 1%2F3.3.14%2A3%5E2%2A10 = 3.14%2A30 = 94.2 m%5E3.

Notice that the radius of the cone is 3 m.