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The cake cone is approximately in the shape of a cylinder. If you were to fill both of these cones up with soft serve ice cream, believe it or not, the cake cone would hold more. Using the dimensions in the picture below, How much more volume is in the cake cone to the nearest tenth? A. 44.4cmB. 48.1 cmC. 52.4 cmD. None of the aboveI would appreciate the help on this problem. Oh also the cone right is the sugar cone.

The cake cone is approximately in the shape of a cylinder. If you were to fill both-example-1
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To find the volume of the first cylindric ice cream. Its height is 8 centimeters and its diameter is 4 centimeters. Let's use the formula for the volume of a cylinder.


V_{\text{cylinder}}=\pi(r)^2h

Replacing the given information, we have.


V_{\text{cylinder}}=3.14(2)^2\cdot8=3.14\cdot4\cdot8=100.5\operatorname{cm}

On the other hand, we use the circular cone formula to find the volume of the second ice cream.


V_{\text{cone}}=(1)/(3)\pi(r)^2h

Let's replace the given information.


V_{\text{cone}}=(1)/(3)\cdot3.14\cdot(2)^2\cdot11.5=48.11\operatorname{cm}

Then, we subtract the volumes.


\Delta V=100.5-48.1\approx52.4\operatorname{cm}^3

Hence, the answer is C.

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