inches long has been drilled straight through the center of a solid sphere. What is the volume of the remaining sphere (in cubic inches)?
A cylindrical hole
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Let r and R be the radius of the cylinder and sphere respectively. The volume of the remaining sphere is equal to the volume of the sphere minus the volume of the cylinder and volume of the two spherical caps. From the diagram above,
r 2 = R 2 − 5 2
V c y l i n d e r = π r 2 h = π ( R 2 − 2 5 ) ( 1 0 ) = 1 0 π R 2 − 2 5 0 π
V s p h e r i c a l c a p s = 3 π y 2 ( 3 R − y ) ( 2 ) = 3 2 π ( R − 5 ) 2 [ 3 R − ( R − 5 ) ] = 3 2 π ( R 2 − 1 0 R + 2 5 ) ( 3 R − R + 5 ) = 3 2 π ( 2 R 3 − 2 0 R 2 + 5 0 R + 5 R 2 − 5 0 R + 1 2 5 ) = 3 4 π R 3 − 1 0 π R 2 + 3 2 5 0 π
V s p h e r e = 3 4 π R 3
V r e m a i n i n g = 3 4 π R 3 − ( 1 0 π R 2 − 2 5 0 π ) − ( 3 4 π R 3 − 1 0 π R 2 + 3 2 5 0 π ) = 3 4 π R 3 − 1 0 π R 2 + 2 5 0 π − 3 4 π R 3 + 1 0 π R 2 − 3 2 5 0 π = 3 5 0 0 π