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#1 Help Me ! » i need geometry help » 2005-11-28 04:06:21

wrathofvuel
Replies: 5

ok...
my calc teacher has given the class a task
he split us up into groups of 2
and gave us a 3x3 piece of paper
he then gave us a shape
we drew a regular cone
the goal is to make the largest cone
with the smallest surface area to volume ratio
rules
no composite pieces (ie no piecing together the base cirlce)
must be made with this 3x3' paper
yh...
all my freinds got easy shapes like a rectangle or a trapazoidal prism
  plz help me.

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