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A hemisphere is placed on top of an inverted cone. The back of the circumference, the radius, and the perpendicular height of the cone are marked with dashed lines. The radius and the height make a right angle and are perpendicular.
Aimee packs ice cream into an ice cream cone. She then puts a perfect hemisphere of ice cream on top of the cone that has a volume of 4 in.^3 The diameter of the ice cream cone is equal to its height. What is the total volume of ice cream in and on top of the cone? Use the relationship between the formulas for the volumes of cones and spheres to help solve this problem. Show your work and explain your reasoning.
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To solve this problem, we can use the relationship between the volumes of cones and spheres. The volume of a cone is given by the formula V = (1/3)πr²h, where r is the radius of the circular base and h is the height of the cone. The volume of a sphere is given by the formula V = (4/3)πr³, where r is the radius of the sphere.
Since the diameter of the ice cream cone is equal to its height, we can assume that the radius of the cone is equal to half of the height. Let's represent the height and radius of the cone as h and r, respectively.
Since the diameter of the ice cream cone is equal to its height, the radius of the cone is r = h/2.
Using the volume formula for a cone, we have V_cone = (1/3)πr²h = (1/3)π(h/2)²h = (1/12)πh³.
Given that the volume of the hemisphere (ice cream on top of the cone) is 4 in³, we can set up the equation (4/3)πr³ = 4 and solve for r.
(4/3)π(r)³ = 4
r³ = 3
r = ∛3
Since the radius of the hemisphere is equal to ∛3 and the radius of the cone is r = h/2, we can substitute r = ∛3 into the equation to find h.
h/2 = ∛3
h = 2∛3
Now that we have the height and radius of the cone, we can calculate its volume using the volume formula for a cone.
V_cone = (1/3)π(h/2)²h
= (1/3)π[(2∛3)/2]²(2∛3)
= (1/3)π(∛3)²(2∛3)
= (1/3)π(3)(2∛3)
= 2π∛3
Thus, the total volume of ice cream in and on top of the cone is the volume of the cone plus the volume of the hemisphere.
Total volume = V_cone + V_hemisphere
= 2π∛3 + 4
Therefore, the total volume of ice cream in and on top of the cone is 2π∛3 + 4 cubic inches.
Can you write it shorter please?
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The radius of the cone is half of its height. Let's represent the height and radius as h and r.
The volume of the cone is V_cone = (1/3)π(h/2)²h = (1/12)πh³.
Given the volume of the hemisphere is 4 in³, we have (4/3)πr³ = 4.
Solving for r, we get r = ∛3.
Substituting r = ∛3 into the equation for volume, we find h = 2∛3.
The volume of the cone is V_cone = 2π∛3.
The total volume of ice cream is V_total = V_cone + V_hemisphere = 2π∛3 + 4 cubic inches.
And you're sure this is correct? I'm not saying its incorrect I'm just asking
Apologies for the confusion. Upon reviewing my response, I realized there was an error in my calculations. Let me provide the corrected and simplified solution:
Given that the volume of the hemisphere is 4 in³, we know that (4/3)πr³ = 4, where r is the radius of the hemisphere.
Simplifying the equation, we have (4/3)πr³ = 4, which can be rearranged to r³ = (3/4).
Taking the cube root of both sides, we get r = ∛(3/4).
Since the diameter of the ice cream cone is equal to its height, the radius of the cone is equal to half of its height, which can be expressed as h/2.
Therefore, the volume of the cone can be calculated as V_cone = (1/3)π(h/2)²h = (1/12)πh³.
Let's substitute r = ∛(3/4) for h/2 in the volume formula for the cone:
V_cone = (1/12)π(∛(3/4))³
Simplifying further, we have V_cone = (1/12)π(3/4)∛(3/4) = (9/48)π∛(3/4) = (3/16)π∛(3/4).
Thus, the total volume of ice cream in and on top of the cone is the volume of the cone plus the volume of the hemisphere:
Total volume = V_cone + V_hemisphere = (3/16)π∛(3/4) + 4 cubic inches.