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A right circular cone has a height of and a base with a diameter of . The volume of this cone is . What is the value of ?
A right circular cone has a height of 22   centimeters   cm and a base
Hard-difficulty · SAT Math · Area and Volume — Volume of prisms, cylinders, cones, spheres. Read the question above, select your answer, and check the full explanation below to understand exactly why the correct choice works.
Answer explanation
The correct answer is . It’s given that the right circular cone has a height of centimeters and a base with a diameter of . Since the diameter of the base of the cone is , the radius of the base is . The volume , , of a right circular cone can be found using the formula , where is the height, , and is the radius, , of the base of the cone. Substituting for and for in this formula yields , or . Therefore, the volume of the cone is . It’s given that the volume of the cone is . Therefore, the value of is .
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