If the radius of a sphere inscribed in a hexagonal truncated pyramid is and the slant height of the hexagonal truncated pyramid is , find the volume of the hexagonal truncated pyramid to five decimal places.
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Cut the truncated hexagonal pyramid and inscribed sphere with a vertical plane passing through the center of the sphere and perpendicular to the two bases.
Let r ∗ be the lower base of the hexagonal truncated pyramid and r ∗ ∗ be the upper base of the hexagonal truncated pyramid, where r ∗ > r ∗ ∗ .
From the diagram above the altitudes of the upper and lower bases are h ∗ = 2 3 r ∗ and h ∗ ∗ = 2 3 r ∗ ∗ respectively.
h ∗ = 1 0 − h ∗ ∗ = 2 3 r ∗ and 1 0 − 2 h ∗ ∗ = 1 0 − 3 r ∗ ∗ ⟹ 6 4 + ( 1 0 − 3 r ∗ ∗ ) 2 = 1 0 0 ⟹ 6 4 + 1 0 0 − 2 0 3 r ∗ ∗ + 3 ( r ∗ ∗ ) 2 = 1 0 0 ⟹ 3 ( r ∗ ∗ ) 2 − 2 0 3 r ∗ ∗ + 6 4 = 0 ⟹ r ∗ ∗ = 3 1 0 ± 6 = 3 4 , 3 1 6 .
Letting the smaller of the two bases r ∗ ∗ = 3 4 ⟹ h ∗ ∗ = 2 3 r ∗ ∗ = 2 3 ∗ 3 4 = 2 ⟹
h ∗ = 1 0 − h ∗ ∗ = 8 = 2 3 r ∗ ⟹ r ∗ = 3 1 6 .
The volume of a n -gonal truncated pyramid is V = 1 2 n h ( ( r ∗ ) 2 + r ∗ r ∗ ∗ + ( r ∗ ∗ ) 2 ) cot ( n π ) For n = 6 ⟹ V = 3 R ( ( r ∗ ) 2 + r ∗ r ∗ ∗ + ( r ∗ ∗ ) 2 ) = 3 4 3 ( 2 5 6 + 6 4 + 1 6 ) = 4 4 8 3 ≈ 7 7 5 . 9 5 8 7 6