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AMC 12 2003b Problem 13

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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. If the ice cream melts, it will exactly fill the cone. Assume that the melted ice cream occupies 75%75\% of the volume of the frozen ice cream. What is the ratio of the cone's height to its radius?

(A) 2:1(B) 3:1(C) 4:1(D) 16:3(E) 6:1\mathrm{(A)}\ 2:1 \mathrm{(B)}\ 3:1 \mathrm{(C)}\ 4:1 \mathrm{(D)}\ 16:3 \mathrm{(E)}\ 6:1

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