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A water cooler in the school office dispenses cone-shaped paper cups. The height of a cup is 5 inches and it has a radius of 2 inches. How many cubic inches of water will it take to fill up the paper cup? Round your answer the nearest hundredth.

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Answer:

37.699 cubic inches of water

Explanation:

Volume of a cone is V= 1/3 pi r^2 h

We are given that the height is 5 in and the radius is 2 in.

Plug that into the formula: V= 1/3 pi 2^2 9

1/3 x 4 x 9 = 12

Now we are left with 12 pi.

Use a calculator and multiply 12 by pi to get:

37.699

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