Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Geometry question about volume?

Mount Fuji, the active volcano in Honshu, Japan, is 3776 m high and has a slope of approximately 30�. Mount Etna, in Sicily, is 3350 m high and approximately 50 km across the base. If you assume they both can be approximated by cones, which volcano is larger?

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