The formula for the volume of a cylinder is V=πr²h. Substituting the information we have, we get 1470=(3.14)(6²)h
1470=113.04h
Divide both sides by 113.04:
1470/113.04 = 113.04h/113.04
13 ≈ h
The height of the cylinder is 13 inches. We know that the height of the cone is 1/2 the height of the cylinder; 1/2(13) = 6.5 inches. The formula for the volume of a cone is:
V=1/3πr²h
The cone and the cylinder have the same radius, and we now know that the height of the cone is 6.5. Substituting this information in we have:
V=1/3(3.14)(6²)(6.5) = 244.92 in³
The total volume of the cake would be the volume of the cylinder added to the volume of the cone:
1470+244.92 = 1714.92 in³.
The formula for the volume of a sphere, for the ball cake, is
V=4/3πr³. Using the radius of 3 we have:
V=4/3(3.14)(3³)=113.04 for the volume of the circus ball cake.
The formula for the area of the cone-shaped hat cake is V=1/3πr²h. We want it to have the same volume as the circus ball cake, and we know the radius is still 3:
113.04=1/3(3.14)(3²)h
This simplifies to
113.04=9.42h
Divide both sides by 9.42:
113.04/9.42 = 9.42h/9.42
The hat cake would have to have a height of 12 inches to have the same volume.