More Cylinder Problems, 10

Category: Solid Geometry

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A cylinder whose base is a circle is circumscribed about a right prism of altitude 12.6 ft. Find the volume of the cylinder if the base of the prism is a rectangle 3 ft. by 4ft. 

Solution: 

To illustrate the problem, it is better to draw the figure as follows

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Consider the base of a cylinder which is a circle that circumscribed about a rectangle as follows

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The length of the diagonal of a rectangle is equal to the diameter of a circle. By Pythagorean Theorem, the diameter of a circle is

Therefore, the volume of a circular cylinder is 

But

Hence, the above equation becomes

                          or

 

 

 

More Cylinder Problems, 9

Category: Solid Geometry

"Published in Newark, California, USA"

A cylinder whose base is a circle is circumscribed about a right prism of altitude 12.6 ft. Find the volume of the cylinder if the base of the prism is a square of edge 3 ft. 

Solution:

To illustrate the problem, it is better to draw the figure as follows

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Consider the base of a cylinder which is a circle that circumscribed about a square as follows

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The length of the diagonal of a square is equal to the diameter of a circle. By Pythagorean Theorem, the diameter of a circle is

Therefore, the volume of a circular cylinder is

But
 

Hence, the above equation becomes
 

 

 

or

More Cylinder Problems, 8

Category: Solid Geometry

"Published in Newark, California, USA"

Find the volume of the largest cylinder with circular base that can be inscribed in a cube whose volume is 27 cu. in.

Solution:

To illustrate the problem, it is better to draw the figure as follows

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In this problem, the volume of a cube is given. The length of the edge of a cube is

          

             

     
If the circular arc of the base of a cylinder is tangent to the bottom edges of a cube, then it follows that
        

     
where x is the length of the edge of a cube and r is the radius of a circle. The radius of a circle is
  

        

         

          
Therefore, the volume of the largest cylinder that can be inscribed in a cube is
          

          
But
          

      
Hence, the above equation becomes,
      

           

                   or