TEA Volume and Surface Area of a Cone
Exploring and Making Conjectures about the Surface Area and Volume of a Cone
1. How does a change in the height of a cone affect the volume and surface area? Does it affect one more than the other?
2. How is the Pythagorean Theorem useful in finding the surface area of a cone? Is it applicable to every type of cone?
3. Is the volume more affected by a change in the radius or height of the cone?
4. When could you use an application of the surface area and volume of a cone in your life? Create an example and then solve it to find both the Surface Area and Volume of the cone.