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Help !! The roof of a castle tower is shaped like a cone. The base of the cone is 24 meters across and the height is 16 meters . the slant of the roof , which is unknown , is the hypotenuse of the right
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The roof of a castle tower is shaped like a cone. The base of the cone is 24 meters across and the height is 16 meters . the slant of the roof , which is unknown , is the hypotenuse of the right triangle formed with the radius and the height of the cone .

what is the slant of the roof ?

please explain ?

User Set Kyar Wa Lar
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One leg is = 12 m, and the other leg is 16 m.
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