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A conical heap is formed when a farmer pours food grains on a ground. The slant height of the heap is 35 cm. The circumference of the base is 132 cm. What amount of tarpaulin is needed to cover the grains? Farmer goes to the orphanage and gives half of the food grains for the children living there. How many grains farmer donated?

Concept Used: Circumference of the base of the cone = 2πr


Curved Surface Area of cone = πrl


The volume of cone


Where r = radius of the cone, h = height of the cone, and l = slant height of the cone.


Given:


The slant height of the heap = 35 cm


The circumference of the base = 132 cm


Explanation:


Let us find the radius of the Heap first,


2πr = 132 cm


r


r


r = 21 cm


The amount of tarpaulin to cover the heap = Curved Surface Area of the cone = πrl


Now put the value of “r” and “l” we get,


The amount of tarpaulin to cover the heap


The amount of tarpaulin to cover the heap = 2310 cm2


Amount of food grains = Volume of food grains


Amount of food grains


Now we need to calculate the height of the cone.



h =


h =


h = 28 cm


Putting the value of “h” in the formula of volume of the cone we get,


Amount of food grains


Amount of food grains = 12936 cm3


Now half of the food grains are donated to the orphanage,


Amount of food grains donated


Amount of food grains = 6468 cm3


Hence, The amount of food grains donated are 6468 cm3.


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