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A right angled triangle having hypotenuse 25 cm and sides are in ratio of 3:4 is made to revolve about its hypotenuse. The volume of double cone so formed is

3926.99 3141.59 4712.38 3769.91

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Tom Engelsman
Dec 14, 2020

Let the original right triangle be solvable by the Pythagorean Theorem: ( 3 x ) 2 + ( 4 x ) 2 = 2 5 2 25 x 2 = 2 5 2 x = 5. (3x)^2 + (4x)^2 = 25^2 \Rightarrow 25x^2 = 25^2 \Rightarrow x = 5. , which gives us the 15 20 25 15-20-25 triplet. Let r r be the length of the altitude drawn from the right angle to the hypothenuse (which also serves as the common radius of the double-cone of revolution) such that it divides the hypothenuse into lengths y y and 25 y 25-y . This radius is equal to:

1 5 2 y 2 = r = 2 0 2 ( 25 y ) 2 y = 9 r = 12. \sqrt{15^2-y^2} = r = \sqrt{20^2 - (25-y)^2} \Rightarrow y = 9 \Rightarrow r = 12.

Finally, the double-cone volume is computed per:

V = π 3 r 2 ( y + ( 25 y ) ) = π 3 r 2 ( 25 ) = π 3 ( 12 ) 2 ( 25 ) = 1200 π . V = \frac{\pi}{3} \cdot r^2 (y + (25-y)) = \frac{\pi}{3}r^2(25) = \frac{\pi}{3}(12)^2 (25) = \boxed{1200\pi}.

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