Solid Geometry # 02

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1. An empty closed cone made of glass has base radius 6 cm. If some water is poured into the cone, the
depth of water is 8 cm. When the cone with this same amount of water is inverted, the water level is
12 cm high. Find the volume of the cone.

2. A cylinderical wood that has radius 14 cm was cut by a plane through the line of symmetry. Find the
total surface area of the resulting figure.

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 3. A cylinder of radius 8 cm is inscribed in a cone of slant height 20 cm and base diameter 24 cm. Find
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the ratio of volume of the cylinder to that of the cone.

4. A paperweight in the shape of a cone of height h cm attached on top of a cylinder of height 4 cm. The
cone and the cylinder have the same radius R = 5 cm. The volume of the cylinder is 43 the volume of
the cone. Sand is poured into the container such that the sand height is h − 4. Find

(a) the value of h,

(b) the volume of sand in the container in cubic centimetre,
(c) the surface area of the container in contact with sand.

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 5. A cuboid of edge lengths 3, 4, 8 is inscribed in a sphere (the sphere touching eight vertices of the cuboid).
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Find the surface area of the sphere.

6. A model house is made by sticking a triangular prism on top of a rectangular block. The dimension of
the block is 4 × 3 × 12.5 cm and the height of the triangular prism is 4 cm.

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 7. A piece of paper in the shape of a sector of angle 216◦ and slant height 20 cm is wrapped to form a
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cone. Find the volume and total surface area of the cone.

8. A hollow cylindrical tube, open at both ends is made of iron 1 cm thick. If the external diameter is 12
cm and the length of tube is 70 cm, find the volume of iron used in making the tube.

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 9. A cone with slant height `, base radius r, and height h has curved surface area 65π and volume 100π.
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Find the value ` + r + h.

10. A cube is inscribed in the sphere of total surface area 100π. Find the volume of the cube.

11. A cuboid has dimensions x + 1, x, and 2x − 1, where x is some number to be found. Find

(a) the integer value of x if its volume is 86 cm3 .

(b) the greatest, least surface area of the cuboid.

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 12. A cube ABCDEF GH has side length 4 cm. The two diagonals AC and BD intersect at J. Find the
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length JG.
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13. A cuboid has total surface area A and its diagonal has length `. Prove that 2 ≤ `2 .

14. The diagram shows the net of a regular pyramid with square base. It consists of a square and four
equilateral triangles of side length 10 cm. Find

(a) the height of the pyramid.

(b) the sum of area of the lateral surfaces of the pyramid.

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 15. Mike has two containers. One container is a rectangular prism with width 2 cm, length 4 cm, and
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height 10 cm. The other is a right cylinder with radius 1 cm and height 10 cm. Both containers sit on
a at surface. Water has been poured into the two containers so that the height of the water in both
containers is the same. If the combined volume of the water in the two containers is 80 cm3 , then find
the height of the water in each container.

16. Three identical cones each have a radius of 50 and a height of 120. The cones are placed so that their
circular bases are touching each other. A sphere is placed so that it rests in the space created by the
three cones, as shown. If the top of the sphere is level with the tops of the cones, then find the radius
of the sphere.

17. The diagram shows the net of regylar pyramids with triangular base and hexagonal base. The two
pyramids have lateral faces in the shape of equilateral triangles of side length 6 cm. Find the height of
each pyramid.