SOLUTION: A jeweler is casting small gold cones for a special piece of jewelry. She has 60 g total of gold to use and wishes to make twelve cones with radius 0.5 cm and height 1 cm. If gold

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Question 959743: A jeweler is casting small gold cones for a special piece of jewelry. She has 60 g total of gold to use and wishes to make twelve cones with radius 0.5 cm and height 1 cm. If gold weighs 19.32 grams per cubic centimeter, does she have enough gold to make the cones? Explain
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
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12%2A%281%2F3%29pi%2A1%2A%280.5%29%5E2 cubic centimeters needed.

4%2Api%2A%281%2F4%29 cubic cm

pi.cubic centimeters.

Can you use the density of gold to find the mass of the needed gold? Is this result less than or equal to 60?