Solid Mensuration

Mr. Mark Jave C. Gualberto, RME

Lecturer I
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 Definition Cylinder
 Elements of Prism
 Importance Properties of a Prism
 Cavalieri’s Principle
 Formulas
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Definition

Cylinder  
A cylinder is a solid composed of two congruent circles in parallel planes, their interiors and all
the line segments parallel to the segment containing the centers of both circles with endpoints on
the circular regions.
The circles and their interiors are the bases .  The radius of the cylinder is the radius of a base. 
The altitude of the cylinder is a perpendicular segment from the plane of one base to the plane of
the other and the height of the cylinder is the length of the altitude.
The axis of a cylinder is the segment containing the centers of the two bases.  If the axis is
perpendicular to the planes of the two bases, the cylinder is a right cylinder ; otherwise, it is
an oblique cylinder.
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Kinds

Oblique Cylinder Right Cylinder

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Relationship

A cylinder is closely related to a prism , so the formulas for their 

surface areas are related.
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Right Circular Cylinder

Right Circular Cylinder

If the base of a right cylinder is a circle,

it is called a right circular cylinder. In the right
circular cylinder the axis is perpendicular to
the base. If r is the radius of the base, h is the
height and d is the diameter of the base, then
since cylinder is the limiting form of prism,
therefore volume and surface area of the
cylinder is also calculated by the same
formula of prism. Volume of the cylinder = Area of the base x height
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Formula

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Example

Example 1:
The curved surface of a cylinder is 1000 sq. m. and the diameter of the base is
20m. Find the volume and height of the cylinder.
Solution:
d = 20m, r = 10m, LSA = 1000m2
Since
LSA = 2π r h
1000m2 = 2π x 10m x h
h = 15.9 m
Volume of the cylinder = 2 π r2 h
= 2 π x (10m)2 x 15.9m
V = 9,990.26 m3
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Example

Example 2:

The radius of a right circular cylinder is 25 cm and its height is 15cm. Find its volume, lateral surface and the whole surface area.

Solution:

r = 25cm, h = 15cm
Volume = 2 π r2 h
= 2 π x (25cm)2 x 15cm
V = 58.9 m3

LSA = 2π r h

= 2π x 25cm x 15cm

LSA = 2356.19 cm2

TSA = Lateral surface area + Area of bases
= 2π r h + 2π r2
= 2π r(r + h)
= 2π x 25(25 + 15)
TSA = 6238.19 cm2
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