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A right circular cone is filled with liquid to a depth of half its vertical height.
The cone is inverted. How high up the vertical height of the cone will the liquid rise?
biology. Scale factors. Long problems. physics. Cones. Calculating with ratio & proportion. Similarity. Individual. chemistry. Volume and capacity.
Published January 1998.
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