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The cone and cylinder have the same height, and the radii of their bases are equal.
Which figure has a larger volume?
Do you think the volume of the cone is more or less than the volume of the cylinder? Explain your reasoning.
Here is a method for quickly sketching a cone:
A cone and cylinder have the same height, and their bases are congruent circles.
Here is a cylinder and cone that have the same height and the same base area.
What is the volume of each figure? Express your answers in terms of .
If a cone and a cylinder have the same base and the same height, then the volume of the cone is of the volume of the cylinder.
For example, the cylinder and cone shown here both have a height of 7 feet and a base with radius 3 feet.
The cylinder has a volume of cubic feet since .
The cone has a volume that is of that, or cubic feet.
If the radius for both solids is and the height for both solids is , then the volume of the cylinder is . That means that the equation to give the volume, , of the cone is