The volume of a cone is 88π cubic feet. Its height is 8 feet. Fatima is finding the radius of the cone. Her work is shown below. Step 1: 88π = 1/3 πr² (8)Step 2: 88π = 8/3 πr² Step 3: 8/3 (88) = r² Step 4: 234.7 = r² Step 5: 15.3 =r What is Fatima's error? - In step 4, Fatima did not find the correct value of 8/3 (88).- In step 2, Fatima should not have multiplied 1/3 and 8. - In step 3, Fatima did not multiply 88 by the reciprocal of 8/3 - In step 1, Fatima did not substitute the correct value for the height in the formula.
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To evaluate the radius of the cone we proceed as follows: V=1/3 πr²h plugging in the values, v=88π, h=8 ft step 1 88π1/3πr²(8) step 2 88π=8/3πr² step 3 divide both sides by π 88=8/3r² multiply both sides by 3/(8) 88(3/8)=r² step 4 simplify 33=r² step 5 get the square root r=√33
Thus the mistake that Fatima made was: In step 3, Fatima did not multiply 88 by the reciprocal of 8/3