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A gardener uses a tray of 6 conical pots to plant seeds. Each conical pot has a radius of 3 centimeters and a depth of 8

centimeters.
About how many cubic centimeters of soil are needed to plant the full tray? Round to the nearest cubic centimeter.

User Kush
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Answer:

C. 452 cm^3

Explanation:

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User Hugh Buchanan
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Answer:

452.38

Explanation:

So the volume of a cone is πr^2 * h/3.

R = 3

H = 8

The volume of one cone = 9π * 8/3, and you can simplify it to 72π/3 which equals to 24π.

24π * 6 = 144π

144π is approximately 452.38

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