Volume of a Cylinder and Pyramid Investigation
Use the sliders to change the radius (r) and height (h) of the cylinder and the cone.
What is the relationship between the volumes of the cylinder and the cone when they have the same radius and height measurements?
Move slider t such that the cone is inside the cylinder
Make r = 1, and h = 2.1. What do you notice about the volumes of the cone and cylinder? What is the relationship?
Volume of Cones
Based on the activity above, what could be a possible formula for the volume of a cone?
Pyramids
Using the applet below, discover a formula for the volume of Pyramids.
Move the two sliders to see what happens (the )
Volume of Pyramids
What could be a possible formula for the volume of pyramids?