A cone has a height of #15 cm# and its base has a radius of #9 cm#. If the cone is horizontally cut into two segments #6 cm# from the base, what would the surface area of the bottom segment be?
1 Answer
May 17, 2018
Explanation:
Since the change in base is constant, we can graph this as
the cone has a gradient of
As y, or it's height is 6, then x, or its radius is
The surface area would then be
