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What is cone?
A cone is a three-dimensional geometric figure with a circular base and a pointy top. It is created by rotating a line around a fixed point, called the center of rotation. The line is called the base of the cone and the pointy end is called the apex.
Volume of a Cone
Volume of a Cone Formula
In general, a cone is a pyramid with a circular cross-section. A right cone is a cone with its vertex above the center of the base. It is also called right circular cone. You can easily find out the volume of a cone if you have the measurements of its height and radius and put it into a formula.
Therefore, the volume of a cone formula is given as
The volume of a cone = (1/3) πr2h cubic units
Where,
- ‘r’ is the base radius of the cone
- ‘l’ is the slant height of a cone
- ‘h’ is the height of the cone
As we can see from the above cone formula, the capacity of a cone is one-third of the capacity of the cylinder. That means if we take 1/3rd of the vol. of cone, we get the formula for cone volume.
