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A hemisphere is placed on top of an inverted cone. The back of the circumference, the radius, and the perpendicular height of the cone are marked with dashed lines. The radius and the height make a right angle and are perpendicular.

Aimee packs ice cream into an ice cream cone. She then puts a perfect hemisphere of ice cream on top of the cone that has a volume of 4 in.3
The diameter of the ice cream cone is equal to its height. What is the total volume of ice cream in and on top of the cone? Use the relationship between the formulas for the volumes of cones and spheres to help solve this problem. Show your work and explain your reasoning.

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To find the total volume of ice cream in and on top of the cone, we need to calculate the volume of both the cone and the hemisphere and then sum them up.

  1. Volume of the Hemisphere: The volume \( V \) of a hemisphere is given by the formula:

    \[ V = \frac{2}{3} \pi r^3 \]

    According to the problem, the volume of the hemisphere is given as \( 4 , \text{in}^3 \).

    Now we can set up the equation:

    \[ \frac{2}{3} \pi r^3 = 4 \]

    To find \( r^3 \), we rearrange this equation:

    \[ r^3 = \frac{4 \cdot 3}{2 \pi} = \frac{12}{2 \pi} = \frac{6}{\pi} \]

    Now we can find \( r \):

    \[ r = \sqrt[3]{\frac{6}{\pi}} \]

  2. Volume of the Cone: The problem states that the diameter of the cone is equal to its height. The diameter \( d \) is equal to \( 2r \), where \( r \) is the radius we just found. Therefore, the height \( h \) of the cone is equal to \( d \), so \( h = 2r \).

    The volume \( V \) of a cone is given by the formula:

    \[ V = \frac{1}{3} \pi r^2 h \]

    Plugging in \( h = 2r \):

    \[ V = \frac{1}{3} \pi r^2 (2r) = \frac{2}{3} \pi r^3 \]

    Now substituting \( r^3 \):

    \[ V = \frac{2}{3} \pi \left( \frac{6}{\pi} \right) = \frac{2 \cdot 6}{3} = 4 , \text{in}^3 \]

    So the volume of the cone is also \( 4 , \text{in}^3 \).

  3. Total Volume: Now that we have the volumes of both the cone and the hemisphere, we can find the total volume of ice cream:

    \[ \text{Total Volume} = \text{Volume of Cone} + \text{Volume of Hemisphere} = 4 , \text{in}^3 + 4 , \text{in}^3 = 8 , \text{in}^3 \]

Thus, the total volume of ice cream in and on top of the cone is \( \boxed{8} , \text{in}^3 \).

put everything in a sentence

The total volume of ice cream in and on top of the cone, which includes the volume of the cone (4 in³) and the volume of the hemisphere (4 in³), is 8 in³.

Show your work and explain your reasoning in that in the sentence just short everything and no extra details

The volume of the hemisphere is given as 4 in³, and since the cone's diameter is equal to its height, its volume also calculates to 4 in³ using the formula \( V = \frac{2}{3} \pi r^3 \) for the hemisphere and \( V = \frac{1}{3} \pi r^2 h \) for the cone with \( h = 2r \); thus, the total volume of ice cream is \( 4 , \text{in}^3 + 4 , \text{in}^3 = 8 , \text{in}^3 \).