A solid right circular cone has a base radius of and a height of . A right circular cylinder has a base radius that is twice the base radius of the cone, and a height that is three times the height of the cone. What is the ratio of the volume of the cone to the volume of the cylinder?
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The ratio of the volume of the cone to the volume of the cylinder is
The volume of a right circular cone is given by . Since the cylinder has a radius that is twice that of the cone () and a height that is three times that of the cone (), its volume is . Dividing the cone's volume by the cylinder's volume gives .
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Volume of cylinders and cones and dimensional scaling relationships.
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Choose convenient sample values for the variables, such as and . The volume of the cone is . The cylinder has radius and height , so its volume is . The ratio of the cone's volume to the cylinder's volume is .
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