Let and be the volumes of the sphere, right circular cone, right circular cylinder and square pyramid respectively so that:
is the volume of the largest right circular cone inscribed in the sphere of volume
is the volume of the largest right circular cylinder inscribed in the right circular cone of volume
and
is the volume of the largest square pyramid inscribed in the right circular cylinder of volume .
If , where and are coprime positive integers, find .
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Let V s = 3 4 π R 3 , V p = 3 1 π r 2 H , V c = π x 2 h and V m = 3 1 y 2 h .
R 2 = ( H − r ) 2 + r 2 = H 2 − 2 H R + R 2 + r 2 ⟹ r 2 = 2 H R − H 2 ⟹ V p = 3 1 π ( 2 H 2 R − H 3 ) ⟹
d H d V p = 3 π R H ( 4 R − 3 H ) = 0 H = 0 ⟹ H = 3 4 R ⟹ r = 3 2 2 R ⟹ V p = ( 3 2 ) 3 V s
The two triangles in the above diagram are similar ⟹ r r − x = H h ⟹ h = r ( r − x ) H ⟹ V c = r π H ( r x 2 − x 3 ) ⟹ d x d V c = r π H x ( 2 r − 3 x ) = 0 x = 0 ⟹ x = 3 2 r ⟹ h = 3 H
r = 3 2 2 R and H = 3 4 R ⟹ x = 9 4 2 R and h = 9 4 R ⟹ V c = ( 3 2 ) 5 V s
y = 2 x and x = 9 4 2 R ⟹ y = 9 8 R ⟹ V m = π 1 ( 3 2 ) 6 V s
⟹ V s 3 V p ∗ V c ∗ V m = π 1 ( 3 2 ) 1 4 = π 1 ( 4 7 8 2 9 6 9 1 6 3 8 4 ) = π 1 ( b a ) ⟹ a + b = 4 7 9 9 3 5 3 .