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When a sector of central angle 45° is cut from a circle of radius 12 cm and rolled into a cone, the base radius of the cone equals:

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Correct answer: A.
1. The arc length of the sector becomes the circumference of the cone's base. 2. 45° is 1/8 of 360°, so the arc length is 1/8 of the full circle's circumference. 3. The cone's base circumference is therefore 1/8 of (2π × 12) = 2π × 1.5. 4. Equating to 2πr_base, the base radius is 12 × (1/8) = 1.5 cm. 5. So the base radius equals 1.5 cm. _Source: SCERT Kerala Std X Mathematics Part-2, Chapter 7-8 (pp 180-199, 2019 ed.)._
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