Right circular cone
The volume of a right circular cone is 5 liters. The cone is divided by a plane parallel to the base, one-third down from the vertex to the base. Calculate the volume of these two parts of the cone.
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1:3 is the ratio of heights
1:32 = 1:9 is the ratio of the area of base circles... due to two dimensional nature of the area.
1:33 = 1:27 is the ratio of volumes... .. volume has three-dimensional nature
1:32 = 1:9 is the ratio of the area of base circles... due to two dimensional nature of the area.
1:33 = 1:27 is the ratio of volumes... .. volume has three-dimensional nature
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- similarity of triangles
- arithmetic
- third power
- solid geometry
- similarity bodies
- cone
- planimetrics
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