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A drawing shows a circle showing diameter below a sector of a circle showing slant height. A double-headed arrow crossing the center of the circle is labeled as d equals diameter. A dotted double-headed arrow is drawn from the top point of the sector of the circle to a point along the curved edge. The arrow is labeled as lower L equals slant height.
Chem Tech makes paper cones used to filter liquids in lab experiments. To make the paper cones, the company starts with the net of the shape, where the slant height is needed. The company wants the height of the cones to be 6 cm. If they make the diameter 13 cm, what must the slant height be? Use the Pythagorean Theorem and round the answer to the nearest tenth.
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Responses
11.5 cm
11.5 cm
14.3 cm
14.3 cm
2.5 cm
2.5 cm
8.8 cm
8.8 cm
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To find the slant height of the cone, we can use the Pythagorean Theorem.
The Pythagorean Theorem states that in a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse (in this case, the slant height) is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides (in this case, the radius and the height).
In the drawing, the diameter of the base of the cone is labeled as "d" and the slant height is labeled as "lower L". We know that the height of the cone is 6 cm.
The radius is half of the diameter, so in this case, it would be 13/2 = 6.5 cm.
Using the Pythagorean Theorem, we can set up the equation:
(6.5)^2 + 6^2 = (lower L)^2
42.25 + 36 = (lower L)^2
78.25 = (lower L)^2
Taking the square root of both sides, we get:
lower L = √(78.25) = 8.8 cm (rounded to the nearest tenth)
Therefore, the slant height of the cone should be 8.8 cm.