Mathematics GCSE
slant height
What slant height means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of slant height
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The length denoted by l in the curved surface area of a cone, πrl.
Topics that use slant height
- Mensuration and calculation (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Accurate substitution and rearrangement
- arc length
- Area = ½ab sin C
- Circumference
- composite shapes
- Corresponding vertices and sides
- Diameter
- Frustum
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