Sphere Inscribed In Frustum.

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If the radius of a sphere inscribed in a right circular conical frustum is 3 and the slant height of the frustum is 10, find the volume of the frustum.

Conical Frustum


The answer is 571.76986295.

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1 solution

Rocco Dalto
Dec 27, 2017

Cut the frustum and inscribed sphere with a vertical plane passing through the center of the sphere and perpendicular to the two bases.

Ignore the numbers in the diagram above.

Let the slant height C B = 10 CB = 10 and the radius of the circle O G = O E = O F = 3 OG = OE = OF = 3

Let E C = r EC = r^{*} , since E O C C O F C F = r \triangle{EOC} \cong \triangle{COF} \implies CF = r^{*} and F B = 10 r FB = 10 - r^{*} . Since F O B B O G B G = 10 r \triangle{FOB} \cong \triangle{BOG} \implies BG = 10 - r^{*} . From C C draw a perpendicular to base A B AB at point I I , then C I B \triangle{CIB} is a right triangle, where C I = 6 , I B = 10 2 r CI = 6, IB = 10 - 2r^{*} and C B = 10 ( 10 2 r ) 2 + 36 = 100 r 2 10 r + 9 = 0 r = 9 , 1 CB = 10 \implies (10 - 2r^{*})^2 + 36 = 100 \implies {r^{*}}^{2} - 10r^{*} + 9 = 0 \implies r^{*} = 9,1 . Since the radius of the smaller base r < R = 10 r r^{*} < R = 10 - r^{*} we choose r = 1 R = 10 r = 9 r^{*} = 1 \implies R = 10 - r^{*} = 9 \implies the volume of the frustum V = π 3 h ( R 2 + r R + r 2 ) = π 3 ( 2 3 ) ( 81 + 9 + 1 ) = 182 π = 571.76986295 V = \dfrac{\pi}{3} h(R^2 + r^{*}R + {r^{*}}^{2}) = \dfrac{\pi}{3} (2 * 3) (81 + 9 + 1) = \boxed{182\pi} = \boxed{571.76986295} to eight decimal places.

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