Let's consider a with a of the base r and height h.
Let's check separately how to find the and the .
Surface Area
The surface area of a cone is the amount of material needed to build it. To determine the surface area of a cone, we can cut it and unroll it. We will get a with
r (base), a circular sector with radius
ℓ (the lateral surface), and arc length
2πr.
Notice that the of the is equal to the of the base,
2πr. The area of the base is
πr2. The formula for finding the area of a circular sector is one-half the product of the radius times the arc length.
Alateral=21(ℓ⋅2πr)=πrℓ
By adding the two areas mentioned above we will find the surface area of the cone.
Volume
To find the volume of a cone we will consider a cylinder with the same radius and height as the cone.
If we want to fill the cylinder with sand by using the cone, it will take three cones to fill the cylinder.
Therefore, the volume of the cylinder is three times the volume of the cone.
Vcylinder=3⋅Vcone⇓Vcone=31Vcylinder
The volume of the cone is one-third the volume of the cylinder: one-third the area of the base multiplied by the height.