A company uses paper cups shaped like cones for it's water cooler. Each cup has a height of 8 cm and the base has a radius of 3 cm how much water is needed to fill 225 cups? Use 13.14 for pie and do not round your answer.

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Natasha Shelton

27 September, 13:52

A company uses paper cups shaped like cones for it's water cooler. Each cup has a height of 8 cm and the base has a radius of 3 cm how much water is needed to fill 225 cups? Use 13.14 for pie and do not round your answer.

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Luciano Pace · Answer 1

16.956 liters.

Step-by-step explanation:

The volume of each cone = 1/3 π r^2 h

= 1/3 * 3.14 * 3^2 * 8

= 24 * 3.14

= 75.36 cm^3

So the amount of water needed = 225 * 75.36

= 16,956 cm^3.