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The Volume of a right circular cone is 72 cubic centimeters, and its

height is 2 cm. Find the length of the radius.

The Volume of a right circular cone is 72 cubic centimeters, and its height is 2 cm-example-1

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Answer: About 10.392 cm

Explanation:

We can find the radius of a right circular cone with the following formula. We will plug in the known values and solve.


\displaystyle r=\sqrt{3(V)/(\pi h) }


\displaystyle r=\sqrt{3(72 \pi)/(\pi (2)) }

r ≈ 10.392 cm

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