Answers to Assignment #5 – Cylinder

1. Find the volume of a right circular cylinder whose altitude is 40 cm and the radius of its
base is 25 cm.
𝑽 = 𝟕𝟖, 𝟓𝟑𝟗. 𝟖𝟐 𝒄𝒎𝟑 ≅ 𝟕𝟖. 𝟓 𝑳

2. Two circular cylinders have the same altitudes. Find the ratio of their volumes if the
radius of one base is five times the diameter of the other.
𝑉1
= 𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝑉2

3. The height of a cylindrical container is equal to the diameter of its base. Find the
dimensions (in 𝑐𝑚) of this container if it can hold 20 liters of water.
𝒓 ≅ 𝟏𝟒. 𝟕𝟏 𝒄𝒎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝒉 ≅ 𝟐𝟗. 𝟒𝟐 𝒄𝒎

4. A steel roller is 4 feet long and 30 inches in diameter. What area will it cover in rolling
through 250 revolutions? Express your answer in 𝑓𝑡.2 .
𝑨 = 𝟐𝟓𝟎𝟎𝝅 𝒇𝒕.𝟐 ≅ 𝟕, 𝟖𝟓𝟒 𝒇𝒕.𝟐

5. If ℎ is the altitude of a right circular cylinder and 𝑟 the radius of its base, find the ratio of
ℎ to 𝑟 if the lateral area is known to be three times the sum of the areas of the bases.
𝒉
=𝟑
𝒓

6. The altitude of a right circular cylinder and the radius of its base are each 12 inches long.
Two regular triangular prisms are inscribed in and circumscribed about the cylinder.
Find the total surface areas of both prisms.
𝑻𝟏 ≅ 𝟏, 𝟏𝟐𝟐. 𝟑𝟕 𝒊𝒏.𝟐
𝑻𝟐 ≅ 𝟐, 𝟗𝟗𝟐. 𝟗𝟖 𝒊𝒏.𝟐

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7. How many feet of piping can be made from 5 cubic feet of iron if the outer and inner
diameters of the pipe are 8 and 6 inches, respectively?
𝒉 ≅ 𝟑𝟐. 𝟕𝟒 𝒇𝒕.

8. Two rectangles whose respective dimensions are 3 by 4 and 12 by 16 (all in inches) are
revolved about corresponding sides as axes. Find the lateral areas and volumes of the
cylinders of revolution if the rectangles are revolved about their (a) shorter sides and (b)
longer sides.
Required: (a) 𝑆3 , 𝑉3 and 𝑆12 , 𝑉12
(b) 𝑆4 , 𝑉4 and 𝑆16 , 𝑉16

𝑺𝟑 = 𝟐𝟒𝝅 𝒊𝒏.𝟐 ≅ 𝟕𝟓. 𝟒𝟎 𝒊𝒏.𝟐

𝑽𝟑 = 𝟒𝟖𝝅 𝒊𝒏.𝟑 ≅ 𝟏𝟓𝟎. 𝟖𝟎 𝒊𝒏.𝟑
𝑺𝟏𝟐 = 𝟑𝟖𝟒𝝅 𝒊𝒏.𝟐 ≈ 𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟔. 𝟑𝟕 𝒊𝒏.𝟐
𝑽𝟏𝟐 = 𝟑, 𝟎𝟕𝟐𝝅 𝒊𝒏.𝟑 ≈ 𝟗, 𝟔𝟓𝟎. 𝟗𝟕 𝒊𝒏.𝟑

𝑺𝟒 = 𝟐𝟒𝝅 𝒊𝒏.𝟐 ≅ 𝟕𝟓. 𝟒𝟎 𝒊𝒏.𝟐 [𝑁𝑜𝑡𝑒: 𝑆4 = 𝑆3 ]

𝑽𝟒 = 𝟑𝟔𝝅 𝒊𝒏.𝟑 ≅ 𝟏𝟏𝟑. 𝟏𝟎 𝒊𝒏.𝟑
𝑺𝟏𝟔 = 𝟑𝟖𝟒𝝅 𝒊𝒏.𝟐 ≅ 𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟔. 𝟑𝟕 𝒊𝒏.𝟐 [𝑁𝑜𝑡𝑒: 𝑆16 = 𝑆12 ]
𝑽𝟏𝟔 = 𝟐, 𝟑𝟎𝟒𝝅 𝒊𝒏.𝟑 ≅ 𝟕, 𝟐𝟑𝟖. 𝟐𝟑 𝒊𝒏.𝟑

9. A piece of drain pipe, right cylindrical in shape, is 3 feet long. The wall of the pipe is ¾
inch thick; the inner radius of the pipe is 8 inches. Find the outside surface area of the
pipe.
𝑻 = 𝟐, 𝟎𝟓𝟖. 𝟏𝟒 𝒊𝒏.𝟐 = 𝟏𝟒. 𝟐𝟗 𝒇𝒕.𝟐

10. A cubical block of wood, 12 cm on an edge, has a round hole 8 cm in diameter bored
through it. The axis of this cylindrical hole passes through the center of the cube and is
parallel to four lateral edges. Find the amount of wood left after the hole is bored.
𝑽 = 𝟏𝟏𝟐𝟒. 𝟖𝟏 𝒄𝒎𝟑

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11. The bases of a right cylindrical solid are each 135° sectors of circles with 4-inch radius.
The altitude of the solid is 12 inches. Find (a) the volume; (b) lateral surface area; and (c)
the total surface area.
𝑽 = 𝟕𝟐𝝅 𝒊𝒏.𝟑 ≅ 𝟐𝟐𝟔. 𝟏𝟗 𝒊𝒏.𝟑
𝑺 ≅ 𝟐𝟎𝟗. 𝟏𝟎 𝒊𝒏.𝟐
𝑻 ≅ 𝟐𝟒𝟔. 𝟖𝟎 𝒊𝒏.𝟐

12. Find the volume of a right circular cylinder that can be circumscribed about a cube whose
diagonal is 3√3 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠.
𝟐𝟕𝝅
𝑽= 𝒄𝒖. 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒔 ≅ 𝟒𝟐. 𝟒𝟏 𝒄𝒖. 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒔
𝟐

13. A right circular cylindrical tank of radius 3 𝑚 and altitude 12 𝑚 rests on its element. The
tank is partially filled with fuel oil, the greatest depth of the oil being 1 𝑚. If the tank were
to be raised up and made to rest upon one of its circular bases, how deep would the tank
then be?
𝒛 = 𝟏. 𝟑𝟏𝟒𝟔 𝒎

14. A right cylinder 20 𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 high has a circular base of radius 6 𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠. A plane
perpendicular to the base and 3 𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 from the axis cuts the cylinder as shown below.
Find the volumes of the two solids into which the plane separates the given cylinder.
𝑽𝟏 = 𝟒𝟒𝟐. 𝟐𝟏𝟑 𝒊𝒏.𝟑
𝑽𝟐 = 𝟏, 𝟖𝟏𝟗. 𝟕𝟑𝟕 𝒊𝒏.𝟑

15. The base of a circular cylinder is 12 𝑠𝑞. 𝑐𝑚 and an element of the cylinder is 30 𝑐𝑚. Find
the volume of the cylinder if the element is inclined to the base at (a) 30°, (b) 45°, and (c)
60°.

𝑽𝟏 = 𝟏𝟖𝟎 𝒄𝒎𝟑

𝑽𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓𝟒. 𝟓𝟔 𝒄𝒎𝟑
𝑽𝟑 = 𝟑𝟏𝟏. 𝟕𝟕 𝒄𝒎𝟑

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