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Question

A cone is marked with a height of 15 centimeters and a diameter of 16 centimeters, both shown as perpendicular dotted lines. The slant height is 17 centimeters.

What is the height of the right circular cone?

(1 point)
Responses

16 cm
16 cm

17 cm
17 cm

15 cm
15 cm

8 cm

Answer 1

The height of the right circular cone, as given in the problem, is marked as 15 centimeters.

So, the height of the right circular cone is:

15 cm

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Given the information presented:

- The cone has a height marked as 15 centimeters.
- The diameter of the base is 16 centimeters.
- The slant height is 17 centimeters.

Since the height of the cone is directly provided as 15 centimeters, there is no need for further calculations to determine the height.

Therefore, the height of the right circular cone is indeed:

15 cm