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A Perfect Cone Sugarloaf
Three persons bought a sugar loaf in the form of a perfect cone 25 inches high and agreed to divide it equally by sections cut parallel to the base. What was the slant height of each one's share, the base being 12 inches in diameter?
Soulé's Philosophic Practical Mathematics, George Soulé, 1905
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The answer is: upper \(\approx 17.826\) inches; middle \(\approx 4.633\) inches; lower \(\approx 3.250\) inches
"A Perfect Cone Sugarloaf," Convergence (March 2005)
