Subject: Re: Geometry Question
From: John Gann (johng@comfsm.fm)
Date: Mon Apr 10 2000 - 19:11:06 EDT
Thanks to everyone who responded to this question. I received a number of interesting possibilities that I can try.
John Gann
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From: John Gann <johng@comfsm.fm>
To: MATHEDCC, Subscribers <mathedcc@archives.math.utk.edu>
Date: Monday, April 03, 2000 7:43 AM
Subject: Geometry Question
Anyone know of a way to estimate the volume and surface area of:
1) a right-circular cone
2) a pyramid
I'm trying to do some investigations with my class without resorting to looking up formulas in a text book. Thanks if you can help.
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