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Find the diameter of a right cone with a slant height 18cm of  and a surface area of 208 pi cm².

Find the diameter of a right cone with a slant height of  $18\ cm$ and a surface area of $208 \pi \ cm^2$.

Surface area of cone $A = \pi r^2+\pi rl$

$\begin{array}{|rcll|} \hline \pi r^2+ \pi rl &=& A \quad & | \quad : \pi \\ r^2+rl &=& \frac{A}{\pi} \\ r^2+rl -\frac{A}{\pi} &=& 0 \\ r &=& \frac{-l\pm \sqrt{l^2-4\cdot (-\frac{A}{\pi}) } } {2} \\ r &=& \frac{-l\pm \sqrt{l^2+ \frac{4A}{\pi} } } {2} \\ 2r = d &=& -l\pm \sqrt{l^2+ \frac{4A}{\pi} } \quad & | \quad A = 280\pi \qquad l = 18 \\ d &=& -18\pm \sqrt{18^2+ 4\cdot 208 } \\ d &=& -18\pm \sqrt{1156 } \\ d &=& -18\pm 34 \\ d &=& -18 + 34 \\ d &=& 16 \\ \hline \end{array}$

The diameter  is 16 cm