Question

A company uses paper cups shaped like cones for it's water cooler. Each cup has a height of 15cm, and the base has a radius of 5cm. The cooler has 18,840cm^3 of water in it. Hke many cups can be filled from the cooler?

Answer 1

48 cups can be filled with 18840 cubic cm of water.

Explanation:

Radius of cone = 5 cm

Height of the cone = 15 cm

Volume of cone = (1/3) π (r) (r) (h)

= (1/3) π (25) (15)

=125π

= 392.5 cubic cm

The volume of water available= 18840 cubic cm

Number of cups can be filled = 18840/392.5

= 48

48 cups can be filled with 18840 cubic cm of water