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Problem 303: (2003 AMC 10b, 17; 12b 13)
An ice cream cone consists of a sphere of vanilla ice cream and a right circular cone that has the same diameter as the sphere. If the ice cream melts, it will exactly fill the cone. Assume that the melted ice cream occupies $75\%$ of the volume of the frozen ice cream. What is the ratio of the cone’s height to its radius? $\mathrm{(A)}\ 2:1 \qquad$ $\mathrm{(B)}\ 3:1 \qquad$ $\mathrm{(C)}\ 4:1 \qquad$ $\mathrm{(D)}\ 16:3 \qquad$ $\mathrm{(E)}\ 6:1$
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An ice cream cone consists of a sphere of vanilla ice cream and a right circular cone that has the same diameter as the sphere. The sphere has radius $3$ inches and the cone has height $8$ inches. When the ice cream melts, the melted ice cream occupies $50\%$ of the volume of the frozen ice cream. What fraction of the cone does the melted ice cream fill?
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