11.3 Derive Lateral Area of a Cone

Two methods of deriving the lateral area of a cone are presented: (1) Finding the limit of the lateral area of a regular n-gon pyramid as [math]n\to\infty[/math]. (2) Cutting and flattening the lateral surface to form a sector.

 

Janelle Nowaczyk

 
Resource Type
Activity
Tags
area  cone  lateral  pyramid 
Target Group (Age)
15 – 18
Language
English (United States)
 
 
 
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