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An informal argument for the formula for the volume of a cone can be constructed using what fraction of the area of a circle formula?

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The answer is 1/3, because that's what I answered and I got it right.

Also because the area of a circle formula is (pi times r squared) and the area of a cone is (pi times r squared times height time 1/3), so the cone formula is 1.3 of the circle formula.

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