Water is poured into a container in the sape of a right circlar cone with raiud 4t an heigh 16 feet. Express the volue (V) of the water in the cone as a funtio of the heigh (h) of the water.
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I can not read your radius so call it R.
I assume the point of the one is down.
the radius of the water surface at height h is r = (16/R)h
the area of that water surface is pi r^2
The volume of a horizontal slice dh is
pi r^2 dh
which is
pi (16/R)^2 h^2 dh
so integrating the volume at height h is
V(h) = pi (16/R)^2 h^3 /3
if for example R were 4 feet then
V(h) = pi (16/3) h^3
or, just using similar cones, at height h, the surface of the water has a radius which can be found by
R/16 = r/h
r = hR/16
v = 1/3 pi r^2 * h
= pi/3 (hR/16)^2 * h
= pi/3 * R^2/256 * h
Hmmm. Better check both our maths - we disagree.
or , assuming you are saying the radius of the cone is 4 ft,
let the height of water be h
and the radius of the water level be r
r/h = 4/16 = 1/4
r = h/4
V = (1/3)πr^2 h
= (1/3)π(h^2/16)h
= (π/48)h^3
To express the volume (V) of the water in the cone as a function of the height (h) of the water, we first need to find the volume of the entire cone.
The formula for the volume of a right circular cone is given by:
V = (1/3) * π * r^2 * h
where V represents the volume, π is the mathematical constant pi (approximately 3.14159), r is the radius of the base of the cone, and h is the height of the cone.
In this case, the radius of the base is given as 4t and the height of the cone is 16 feet. Therefore, the volume of the entire cone can be expressed as:
V = (1/3) * π * (4t)^2 * 16
Simplifying this equation gives:
V = (16/3) * π * (4t)^2
Now, to express the volume of the water as a function of the height (h) of the water, we can use similar triangles.
The ratio of the height of the water (h) to the total height of the cone (16) will be equal to the ratio of the volume of the water to the volume of the entire cone.
Therefore, the volume (V) of the water can be expressed as:
V = (h/16) * [(16/3) * π * (4t)^2]
Simplifying this equation gives the final expression for the volume of the water in terms of the height (h):
V = (h/3) * π * (4t)^2
So, the volume of the water in the cone is given by the function V = (h/3) * π * (4t)^2.