TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE 11.
A conical vessel has a height of 24cm and a base diameter
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1. A cylindrical standpipe is to contain 343,000 gal. of water.
If its height is to be twice its diameter. What must be its
dimensions?
Ans. 30.8 ft x 61.6 ft
2. If a lead pipe ¼ in. thick has an inner diameter of 1 ½ in.
find the number of cubic inches of lead in a piece of pipe 10ft
long.
Ans. 164.9 cu.in.
3. A circular oak table top is 4 ft in diameter and ¾ in thick.
How heavy is it if oak weighs 47 lb per cu ft?
Ans. 36.91 lb
4. Find the volume of the largest right circular cylinder that
can be circumscribed about a rectangular parallelepiped of
dimensions 2 ft by 3ft by 4 ft.
Ans. 47.124 ft3
5. How many cubic yards of earth must be removed in digging
an artificial lake 15 ft deep, if the level bottom is a rectangle
180 ft by 20 ft and the top is a rectangle 216 ft by 24 ft?
Ans. 2426.7 yd3
6. An 80 ft flagpole has upper and lower diameter of 4 and 16
in respectively. Find the cost of painting it at 10 cents per
square foot.
Ans. $ 20.95
7. How many square feet of canvas are required for a conical
tent 18 ft high and 10 ft in diameter if 10% of the material is
wasted?
Ans. 323 ft2
8. A cylindrical tower 30 ft in diameter has a conical roof the
length of whose eaves is 2ft. An element of the roof is inclined
45 degrees to the horizontal. Find the weather surface.
Ans. 1197ft3
9. A stalactite which may be seen hanging in the Endless
Caverns in Virginia is approximately in the form of a cone 4ft
long with a base 18 in. in diameter. The calcium carbonate of
which it is formed weighs 131lb per cu. ft. Find the weight of
the stalactite.
Ans. 308.66 lb
10. The crater of a volcano is approximately in the shape of a
cone of base 3.1416 sq. mi. The crates’ depth is 1500ft. How
many cubic yards of earth would be required to fill this cavity?
Ans. 16.219 x108 yd3
of 12cm. It holds water to a depth of 18cm above its vertex.
Find the volume of its content in cc.
Ans. 381.7
12. A circular cylinder is circumscribed about a right prism
having a square base one-meter on an edge. The volume of the
cylinder is 6.283m3. Find its altitude in m. Ans. 4m
13. A cone was formed by rolling a thin sheet of metal in the
form of a sector of a circle 72cm in diameter with a central
angle of 150 degrees. Find the volume of the cone in cc.
Ans. 7711
14. The diameter of a well is 6ft and the water is 7 ft deep.
How many gallons of water are there in the well, reckoning
7.48 gal to the cubic foot?
Ans. 1480.44 gal
15. An air duct in the form of a circular cylinder has a cross
section of diameter 16 in. The distance between the bases is
20ft and the elements are inclined at an angle of 50 degrees to
the bases. Find the amount of magnesia required to protect the
duct with a magnesia covering ½ in thick.
Ans. 4.7ft3
16. A pyramid whose altitude is 5ft weighs 800lbs. At what
distance from its vertex must a plane cut it parallel to its base
so that the two solids of equal weight will be formed?
Ans. 3.97ft
17. The vertical end of a trough has the following dimensions:
width at top, 4.4ft, width at bottom 3.2 ft, depth 3.5 ft. Find
the area of the end of the trough.
Ans. 13.3 ft2
18. Mark plays a joke on Tom. He removes the bottom from a
box of bookmarks. When Tom lifts the box, all the bookmarks
fall out. What is the surface area of the empty box Tom is
holding if the box measures 5.2 inches long by 17.6 inches
high and 3.7 inches deep?
Ans. 260.24 square inches
19. Crafty Tara decides to make each of her friends a light
box. To let the light out, she removes a right triangle from
each side of the box such that the area of each face of the box
is the same. What is the remaining surface area of the box if
each edge of the box measures 3.3 feet and the area of each
triangle measures 6.2 square feet?
Ans. 28.14 square feet
20. A reservoir is shaped like a square prism. If the area of its
base is 225 sq. cm, how many liters of water will it hold if its
length is 1.5 meters?
Ans. 33.75 liters