A oblique cone has its apex at and its base is the ellipse given parametrically by
Find the volume of this cone. The volume can be expressed as where are positive coprime integers.
Enter as your answer.
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The base is an ellipse with semimajor axis A = 4 2 and semiminor axis B = 2 6 , and these two axes point in the direction of the orthogonal unit vectors u = 4 2 1 ⎝ ⎛ − 5 4 − 1 ⎠ ⎞ v = 2 6 1 ⎝ ⎛ 3 4 1 ⎠ ⎞ A unit vector normal to the base is thus w = u × v = 2 4 3 1 ⎝ ⎛ 4 1 − 1 6 ⎠ ⎞ Since w ⋅ ⎣ ⎡ ⎝ ⎛ 1 2 1 0 ⎠ ⎞ − ⎝ ⎛ 5 6 − 1 0 ⎠ ⎞ ⎦ ⎤ = − 2 4 3 3 4 0 we deduce that the vertical height of the cone is H = 2 4 3 3 4 0 , and hence the volume of the cone is 3 1 × π A B × H = 3 6 8 0 π making the answer 6 8 0 + 3 = 6 8 3 .