Marcos sells snow cones in the summer. He uses a cone with a radius of 1.5 inches and a height of 5 inches. If he fills the snow cone to the rim with ice before pouring on the syrup. About how much ice

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Answer:
$11.78\ in.^3$

Explanation:

Given

Radius of cone
$r=1.5\ in.$

Height of cone
$h=5\ in.$

Ice required to fill the cone=Volume of cone

The volume of a cone is

$V=(1)/(3)\pi r^2h$

Put values

$\Rightarrow V=(1)/(3)* (22)/(7)* 1.5^2* 5=11.78\ in.^3$

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