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Solid melted into cones: find a missing radius or height by equal volumes

This type of question, asked 2 times: 16 Sep 2025 S1, 16 Sep 2025 S2. All 2 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    16 Sep 2025 S1

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    A solid hemisphere of radius 10 cm is melted into two cones of equal height. If each cone’s radius is 5 cm, what is the height of each cone?

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  2. Question 2

    16 Sep 2025 S2

    66
    A sphere is melted and recast into 8 identical cones, each with radius 3 cm and height 4 cm. What was the radius of the original sphere?

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