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Problem

An inverted cone with base radius $12 \mathrm{cm}$ and height $18 \mathrm{cm}$ is full of water. The water is poured into a tall cylinder whose horizontal base has radius of $24 \mathrm{cm}$ . What is the height in centimeters of the water in the cylinder?

$\textbf{(A)} ~1.5 \qquad\textbf{(B)} ~3 \qquad\textbf{(C)} ~4 \qquad\textbf{(D)} ~4.5 \qquad\textbf{(E)} ~6$

Solution

The volume of a cone is $\frac{1}{3} \cdot\pi \cdot r^2 \cdot h$ where $r$ is the base radius and $h$ is the height. The water completely fills up the cone so the volume of the water is $\frac{1}{3}\cdot18\cdot144\pi = 6\cdot144\pi$ .

The volume of a cylinder is $\pi \cdot r^2 \cdot h$ so the volume of the water in the cylinder would be $24\cdot24\cdot\pi\cdot h$ .

We can equate these two expressions because the water volume stays the same like this $24\cdot24\cdot\pi\cdot h = 6\cdot144\pi$ . We get $4h = 6$ and $h=\frac{6}{4}$ .

So the answer is $1.5 = \boxed{\textbf{(A)}}.$

--abhinavg0627

Solution 2 (ratios)

The water completely fills up the cone. For now, assume the radius of both cone and cylinder are the same. Then the cone has $\frac{1}{3}$ of the volume of the cylinder, and so the height is divided by $3$ . Then, from the problem statement, the radius is doubled, meaning the area of the base is quadrupled (since $2^2 = 4$ ).

Therefore, the height is divided by $3$ and divided by $4$ , which is $18 \div 3 \div 4 = 1.5 = \boxed{\textbf{(A)}}.$

-PureSwag

Video Solution by Punxsutawney Phil

https://youtube.com/watch?v=qpvS2PVkI8A&t=509s

Video Solution by OmegaLearn (3D Geometry - Cones and Cylinders)

https://youtu.be/4JhZLAORb8c

~ pi_is_3.14

Video Solution by Hawk Math

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzwxbsuSQ80

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 ==Solution 2 (ratios)==
-The water completely fills up the cone, which has <math>\frac{1}{3}</math> the area of the cylinder. Then the radius is doubled, meaning the area of the base is quadrupled (since <math>2^2 = 4</math>).
+The water completely fills up the cone. For now, assume the radius of both cone and cylinder are the same. Then the cone has <math>\frac{1}{3}</math> of the volume of the cylinder, and so the height is divided by <math>3</math>. Then, from the problem statement, the radius is doubled, meaning the area of the base is quadrupled (since <math>2^2 = 4</math>).
-Therefore, the height gets multiplied by <math>\frac{1}{3}</math> and divided by <math>4</math>, which is <math>1.5 = \boxed{\textbf{(A)}}.</math>
+Therefore, the height is divided by <math>3</math> and divided by <math>4</math>, which is <math>18 \div 3 \div 4 = 1.5 = \boxed{\textbf{(A)}}.</math>
+-PureSwag
 ==Video Solution by Punxsutawney Phil==

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