Area to volume

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The area of the sector shown above is 1300 9 π \dfrac{1300}{9} \pi . It is to be rolled to form a right circular cone. Find the volume of the cone. If your answer can be expressed as a b π 23 \dfrac{a}{b}\pi \sqrt{23} , where a a and b b are coprime positive integers, give your answer as a + b a+b .


The answer is 150062.

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1 solution

Considering the sector of the circle:

let L L be the radius of the sector of the circle and c c be the arc length. Then

1300 9 π = 130 360 π ( L 2 ) \dfrac{1300}{9}\pi=\dfrac{130}{360}\pi(L^2) \color{#D61F06}\large \implies L = 20 L=20

c = 130 360 ( 2 ) ( π ) ( 20 ) = 130 9 π c=\dfrac{130}{360}(2)(\pi)(20)=\dfrac{130}{9}\pi

Considering the right circular cone:

The arc length of the sector is equal to the circumference of the base of the cone , so we have 130 9 π = 2 π r \dfrac{130}{9} \pi=2 \pi r \color{#D61F06}\large \implies r = 65 9 r=\dfrac{65}{9}

By the pythagorean theorem , we have h = 2 0 2 ( 65 9 ) 2 = 28175 81 = 35 23 9 h=\sqrt{20^2-\left(\dfrac{65}{9}\right)^2}=\sqrt{\dfrac{28175}{81}}=\dfrac{35\sqrt{23}}{9}

Hence, the volume of the cone is,

V = 1 3 π r 2 h = 1 3 π ( 65 9 ) 2 ( 35 23 9 ) = 147875 2187 π 23 V=\dfrac{1}{3} \pi r^2h=\dfrac{1}{3} \pi \left(\dfrac{65}{9}\right)^2\left(\dfrac{35\sqrt{23}}{9}\right)=\dfrac{147875}{2187} \pi \sqrt{23}

Finally,

a + b = 147875 + 2187 = a+b=147875+2187= 150062 \color{#D61F06}\boxed{\large 150062}

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