Direct Computation

Geometry Level 4

A oblique cone has its apex at ( 1 , 2 , 10 ) (1, 2, 10) and its base is the ellipse given parametrically by

( 5 , 6 , 10 ) + ( 3 , 4 , 1 ) cos t + ( 5 , 4 , 1 ) sin t (5, 6, -10) + (3, 4, 1)\cos t + (-5, 4, -1)\sin t

Find the volume of this cone. The volume can be expressed as ( a b ) π \left(\dfrac{a}{b}\right) \pi where a , b a, b are positive coprime integers.

Enter a + b a + b as your answer.


The answer is 683.

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1 solution

Mark Hennings
Feb 10, 2021

The base is an ellipse with semimajor axis A = 42 A = \sqrt{42} and semiminor axis B = 26 B = \sqrt{26} , and these two axes point in the direction of the orthogonal unit vectors u = 1 42 ( 5 4 1 ) v = 1 26 ( 3 4 1 ) \mathbf{u} = \frac{1}{\sqrt{42}}\left(\begin{array}{c} -5 \\ 4 \\ -1 \end{array}\right) \hspace{2cm} \mathbf{v} \; = \; \frac{1}{\sqrt{26}}\left(\begin{array}{c} 3 \\ 4 \\ 1 \end{array}\right) A unit vector normal to the base is thus w = u × v = 1 243 ( 4 1 16 ) \mathbf{w} = \mathbf{u} \times \mathbf{v} \; =\; \frac{1}{\sqrt{243}}\left(\begin{array}{c} 4 \\ 1 \\ -16\end{array}\right) Since w [ ( 1 2 10 ) ( 5 6 10 ) ] = 340 243 \mathbf{w} \cdot \left[\left(\begin{array}{c} 1 \\ 2 \\ 10 \end{array}\right) - \left(\begin{array}{c} 5 \\ 6 \\ -10 \end{array}\right) \right] \; =\; - \frac{340}{\sqrt{243}} we deduce that the vertical height of the cone is H = 340 243 H = \tfrac{340}{\sqrt{243}} , and hence the volume of the cone is 1 3 × π A B × H = 680 3 π \frac13 \times \pi AB \times H \; = \; \frac{680}{3}\pi making the answer 680 + 3 = 683 680+3=\boxed{683} .

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