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The height of a cone is two times its base diameter. What is the volume of the cone in terms of its base radius r?

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If the height is 2 times the diameter of the base, then it is four times the radius. So, first , let r be the radius. With this example, the height of the base is 4r. The volume 'V' of the cone is calculated through the equation:
V = πr²h/3
Now we substitute the correct variables:
V = 4πr³/3
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