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Sandy's Snow Cone Shoppe has asked you to create a cone for their new Brain Freeze-sized snow cone. They have requested that the cone be at least 300 cubic inches in size with a height of 8 inches. Solve for the radius of the snow cone and round to the nearest inch.

Answer :

The volume of the cone is given by the formula:

[tex]V=\frac{\pi r^2h}{3}[/tex]

Where:

r = radius

h = height = 8 inches

V = 300 cubic inches

π = 3.14

Substitute the values:

[tex]300=\frac{(3.14)r^2(8)}{3}[/tex]

And solve for r:

[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{300\times3}{3.14\times8}=r^2 \\ 35.828=r^2 \\ r=\sqrt{35.828} \\ r=5.98\approx6 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Answer: the radius is 6 inches