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
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Let the original right triangle be solvable by the Pythagorean Theorem: ( 3 x ) 2 + ( 4 x ) 2 = 2 5 2 ⇒ 2 5 x 2 = 2 5 2 ⇒ x = 5 . , which gives us the 1 5 − 2 0 − 2 5 triplet. Let 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 and 2 5 − y . This radius is equal to:
1 5 2 − y 2 = r = 2 0 2 − ( 2 5 − y ) 2 ⇒ y = 9 ⇒ r = 1 2 .
Finally, the double-cone volume is computed per:
V = 3 π ⋅ r 2 ( y + ( 2 5 − y ) ) = 3 π r 2 ( 2 5 ) = 3 π ( 1 2 ) 2 ( 2 5 ) = 1 2 0 0 π .