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=== Right circular cone === ====Volume==== For a circular cone with radius <math>r</math> and height <math>h</math>, the base is a circle of area <math>\pi r^2</math> thus the formula for volume is:<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hMY8lbX87Y8C|title=Calculus: Single Variable|last1=Blank|first1=Brian E.|last2=Krantz|first2=Steven George|date=2006|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781931914598|at=Chapter 8}}</ref> <math display=block>V = \frac{1}{3} \pi r^2 h </math> ====Slant height==== The [[Slant height|slant height]] of a right circular cone is the distance from any point on the [[circle]] of its base to the apex via a line segment along the surface of the cone. It is given by <math>\sqrt{r^2+h^2}</math>, where <math>r</math> is the [[radius]] of the base and <math>h</math> is the height. This can be proved by the [[Pythagorean theorem]]. ====Surface area==== The [[lateral surface]] area of a right circular cone is <math>LSA = \pi r \ell</math> where <math>r</math> is the radius of the circle at the bottom of the cone and <math>\ell</math> is the slant height of the cone.<ref name=":0" /> The surface area of the bottom circle of a cone is the same as for any circle, <math>\pi r^2</math>. Thus, the total surface area of a right circular cone can be expressed as each of the following: *Radius and height ::<math>\pi r^2+\pi r \sqrt{r^2+h^2}</math> :(the area of the base plus the area of the lateral surface; the term <math>\sqrt{r^2+h^2}</math> is the slant height) ::<math>\pi r \left(r + \sqrt{r^2+h^2}\right)</math> :where <math>r</math> is the radius and <math>h</math> is the height. [[File:Cone_surface_area.svg|thumb|Total surface area of a right circular cone, given radius π and slant height β]] *Radius and slant height ::<math>\pi r^2+\pi r \ell</math> ::<math>\pi r(r+\ell)</math> :where <math>r</math> is the radius and <math>\ell</math> is the slant height. *Circumference and slant height ::<math>\frac {c^2} {4 \pi} + \frac {c\ell} 2</math> ::<math>\left(\frac c 2\right)\left(\frac c {2\pi} + \ell\right)</math> :where <math>c</math> is the circumference and <math>\ell</math> is the slant height. *Apex angle and height ::<math>\pi h^2 \tan \frac{\theta}{2} \left(\tan \frac{\theta}{2} + \sec \frac{\theta}{2}\right)</math> ::<math>-\frac{\pi h^2 \sin \frac{\theta}{2}}{\sin \frac{\theta}{2}-1}</math> :where <math> \theta </math> is the apex angle and <math>h</math> is the height. ====Circular sector==== The [[circular sector]] is obtained by unfolding the surface of one nappe of the cone: *radius ''R'' ::<math>R = \sqrt{r^2+h^2}</math> *arc length ''L'' ::<math>L = c = 2\pi r</math> *central angle ''Ο'' in radians ::<math>\varphi = \frac{L}{R} = \frac{2\pi r}{\sqrt{r^2+h^2}}</math> ====Equation form==== The surface of a cone can be parameterized as :<math>f(\theta,h) = (h \cos\theta, h \sin\theta, h ),</math> where <math>\theta \in [0,2\pi)</math> is the angle "around" the cone, and <math>h \in \mathbb{R}</math> is the "height" along the cone. A right solid circular cone with height <math>h</math> and aperture <math>2\theta</math>, whose axis is the <math>z</math> coordinate axis and whose apex is the origin, is described parametrically as :<math>F(s,t,u) = \left(u \tan s \cos t, u \tan s \sin t, u \right)</math> where <math>s,t,u</math> range over <math>[0,\theta)</math>, <math>[0,2\pi)</math>, and <math>[0,h]</math>, respectively. In [[Implicit function|implicit]] form, the same solid is defined by the inequalities :<math>\{ F(x,y,z) \leq 0, z\geq 0, z\leq h\},</math> where :<math>F(x,y,z) = (x^2 + y^2)(\cos\theta)^2 - z^2 (\sin \theta)^2.\,</math> More generally, a right circular cone with vertex at the origin, axis parallel to the vector <math>d</math>, and aperture <math>2\theta</math>, is given by the implicit [[vector calculus|vector]] equation <math>F(u) = 0</math> where :<math>F(u) = (u \cdot d)^2 - (d \cdot d) (u \cdot u) (\cos \theta)^2</math> :<math>F(u) = u \cdot d - |d| |u| \cos \theta</math> where <math>u=(x,y,z)</math>, and <math>u \cdot d</math> denotes the [[dot product]].
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