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What is the minimum volume of a cone needed to fully contain a sphere in terms of volume of sphere?

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What is the minimum volume of a cone needed to fully contain a sphere in terms of volume of sphere?
posted Mar 1, 2019 by anonymous

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Minimum volume of the cone is equal to the volume of the sphere, it would be different in case inscribed shape.

answer Mar 2, 2019 by Hanifa Mammadov



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