Sphere inscribed in a hexagonal truncated pyramid.

Geometry Level 5

If the radius of a sphere inscribed in a hexagonal truncated pyramid is 4 4 and the slant height of the hexagonal truncated pyramid is 10 10 , find the volume of the hexagonal truncated pyramid to five decimal places.


The answer is 775.95876.

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1 solution

Rocco Dalto
Mar 2, 2018

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 r^{*} be the lower base of the hexagonal truncated pyramid and r r^{**} be the upper base of the hexagonal truncated pyramid, where r > r r^{*} > r^{**} .

From the diagram above the altitudes of the upper and lower bases are h = 3 2 r h^{*} = \dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2} r^{*} and h = 3 2 r h^{**} = \dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2} r^{**} respectively.

h = 10 h = 3 2 r h^{*} = 10 - h^{**} = \dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2} r^{*} and 10 2 h = 10 3 r 64 + ( 10 3 r ) 2 = 100 10 - 2h^{**} = 10 -\sqrt{3}r^{**} \implies 64 + (10 - \sqrt{3}r^{**})^2 = 100 \implies 64 + 100 20 3 r + 3 ( r ) 2 = 100 3 ( r ) 2 20 3 r + 64 = 0 r = 10 ± 6 3 = 4 3 , 16 3 64 + 100 - 20\sqrt{3}r^{**} + 3({r^{**}})^2= 100 \implies 3({r^{**}})^2 - 20\sqrt{3}r^{**} + 64 = 0 \implies r^{**} = \dfrac{10 \pm 6}{\sqrt{3}} = \dfrac{4}{\sqrt{3}}, \:\ \dfrac{16}{\sqrt{3}} .

Letting the smaller of the two bases r = 4 3 h = 3 2 r = 3 2 4 3 = 2 r^{**} = \dfrac{4}{\sqrt{3}} \implies h^{**} = \dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2}r^{**} = \dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2} * \dfrac{4}{\sqrt{3}} = 2 \implies

h = 10 h = 8 = 3 2 r r = 16 3 h^{*} = 10 - h^{**} = 8 = \dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2}r^{*} \implies r^{*} = \dfrac{16}{\sqrt{3}} .

The volume of a n n -gonal truncated pyramid is V = n h 12 ( ( r ) 2 + r r + ( r ) 2 ) cot ( π n ) V = \dfrac{nh}{12}((r^{*})^2 + r^{*}r^{**} + (r^{**})^2) \cot(\dfrac{\pi}{n}) For n = 6 V = 3 R ( ( r ) 2 + r r + ( r ) 2 ) = 4 3 ( 256 + 64 + 16 ) 3 = 448 3 775.95876 n = 6 \implies V = \sqrt{3}R((r^{*})^2 + r^{*}r^{**} + (r^{**})^2) = \dfrac{4\sqrt{3}(256 + 64 + 16)}{3} = \boxed{448\sqrt{3}} \approx \boxed{775.95876}

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