Answers Assignment #7 – Cone

Directions: Solve the following problems. Write your solutions neatly and legibly in
short bond papers. For Problem #’s 6-15, draw the concerned figures as part of your
solution with corresponding proper notations/symbols of the given and required
quantities/variables. Simplify all answers and write them with correct units. Avoid
erasures. (10 points each)
NOTE: We may have different notations for the required quantities but that’s okay.

1. The base of an inverted cone is 100 cm2. How many liters of water can it contain if it is 1
meter deep?

10,000 1𝐿
𝑉=( 𝑐𝑚3 ) ( )
3 1,000 𝑐𝑚3
𝑽 ≅ 𝟑. 𝟑𝟑 𝑳

2. Find the volume and the lateral area of a cone of revolution with radius 3 in. and altitude
4 in.
1 𝜋
𝑉 = 𝜋𝑟 2 ℎ = (32 )(4) = 𝟏𝟐𝝅 𝒊𝒏.𝟑
3 3
𝐴 = 𝜋𝑟𝑠 = 𝜋(3)√32 + 42 = 𝟏𝟓𝝅 𝒊𝒏.𝟐

3. Find the radius of a cone of revolution of slant height 6 in. in which the total area is twice
the lateral area.

𝒓 = 𝒔 = 𝟔 𝒊𝒏. ∴ 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒆, 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒈𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝟔 𝒊𝒏.

4. The area of a base of a cone is two-thirds the area of a base of a cylinder and their volumes
are equal. Compare their altitudes.

𝒉𝟏 𝟗
= = 𝟒. 𝟓
𝒉𝟐 𝟐
Final Answer: The cone is four and one-half times as high as the cylinder.

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5. A cone and a cylinder have equal bases and equal volumes. How do their altitudes
compare?
𝒉𝟏
=𝟑
𝒉𝟐
Final Answer: The cone is three times as high as the cylinder.

6. The sides of a triangle are 10 in., 17 in., and 21 in. The triangle is revolved through 360°
about its longest side. Find the total area of the solid generated by this triangle.

𝑨𝑻 = 𝝅𝒓(𝒂 + 𝒃) = 𝝅(𝟖)(𝟏𝟎 + 𝟏𝟓) = 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝝅 𝒊𝒏.𝟐

7. A circular sector has a radius of 20 in. and an angle of 120°. If this sector is cut out of
paper and rolled so as to form the lateral surface of a right circular cone, find the total
area and volume of the cone.

𝟏, 𝟔𝟎𝟎𝝅
𝑨𝑻 = 𝒊𝒏.𝟐 = 𝟓𝟓𝟖. 𝟓𝟏 𝒊𝒏.𝟐
𝟗
𝟐
𝟏 𝟒𝟎𝟎𝝅 𝟐𝟎
𝑽= ( ) √𝟐𝟎𝟐 − ( 𝒊𝒏. ) ≅ 𝟖𝟕𝟕. 𝟔𝟏 𝒊𝒏.𝟑
𝟑 𝟗 𝟑

8. A block of wood is in the form of a right circular cone. The altitude is 12 cm and the radius
of the base is 5 cm. A cylindrical hole 5 cm in diameter is bored completely through the
solid, the axis of the hole coinciding with the axis of the cone. Find the amount of wood
left after the hole is bored.

𝟏𝟐𝟓𝝅
𝑽= 𝒄𝒎𝟑 ≅ 𝟏𝟗𝟔. 𝟑𝟓 𝒄𝒎𝟑
𝟐

9. The lateral surface of a right circular cone is cut along an element and the surface is
“spread out” on a plane. The resulting figure is a quadrant of a circle whose radius is 6 in.
Find the total area and volume of the cone.

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 𝟒𝟓𝝅
𝑨𝑻 = 𝒊𝒏.𝟐 ≅ 𝟑𝟓. 𝟑𝟒 𝒊𝒏.𝟐
𝟒

𝟗𝝅√𝟏𝟓
𝑽= 𝒊𝒏.𝟑 ≅ 𝟏𝟑. 𝟔𝟗 𝒊𝒏.𝟑
𝟖

10. A right circular cone and a cylinder of revolution have the same altitude ℎ and the same
radius 𝑟. Express in terms of ℎ and 𝑟 the ratio of the lateral area of the cone to the lateral
area of the cylinder.

𝑨𝟏 √𝒉𝟐 + 𝒓𝟐
=
𝑨𝟐 𝟐𝒉

11. The bases of a frustum of a right circular cone are circles whose diameters are
respectively 18 in. and 14 in. Find the lateral area and volume if the slant height is 25 in.

𝑨 = 𝟒𝟎𝟎𝝅 𝒊𝒏.𝟐 ≅ 𝟏, 𝟐𝟓𝟔. 𝟔𝟒 𝒊𝒏.𝟐

𝑽 ≅ 𝟓, 𝟎𝟑𝟔. 𝟓𝟑 𝒊𝒏.𝟑

12. Find the volume of the frustum of a cone shown below.

𝑽 ≅ 𝟎. 𝟓𝟐𝟗𝟑 𝒎𝟐

13. The slant height of a right circular cone is 2 ft. At what distance from the vertex must the
slant height be cut by a plane parallel to the base, in order that the lateral surface may be
divided into two equivalent parts?

𝒔𝟏 = √𝟐 𝒇𝒕.

14. A quarter of a circle of radius 𝑠 is rolled so as to form the lateral surface of a right circular
cone. Express the volume of this cone in terms of 𝑠.

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 𝝅𝒔𝟑 √𝟏𝟓
𝑽=
𝟏𝟗𝟐

15. The frustum of a cone of revolution is 25 cm high, and the radii of its bases are 8 cm and
2 cm, respectively. Find the height of an equivalent right circular cylinder whose base is
equal in area to the section of the frustum made by a plane parallel to its base and
equidistant from the bases.

𝒉𝟐 = 𝟐𝟖 𝒄𝒎

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