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Geometry Level 4

A 12 by 16 rectangle is positioned in such a way that one of its diagonals is perpendicular to the ground. Then the rectangle is rotated 360 degrees around the diagonal to make a 3-dimensional solid.

If the volume of the solid can be expressed as a b π , \frac{a}{b} \pi, where a a and b b are coprime positive integers, find a + b a+b .


Bonus: Generalize to side lengths x x and y . y.


The answer is 4274.

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Kelvin Hong
Aug 3, 2017

If side lengths be x x and y y , which x y x \leq y ,

and the hypotenuse be r = x 2 + y 2 r=\sqrt{x^2 +y^2}

Then using Calculus or finding the volume of a few cones, we can found that the volume can be expressed by

V = π x 2 ( 8 y 4 r 4 ) 12 y 2 r V=\frac{\pi x^2 (8y^4 -r^4)}{12y^2 r}

For this question, x=12, y=16, r=20.

So volume is 4269 5 π \frac{4269}{5} \pi

4269 + 5 = 4274 4269+5=\boxed{4274} .


Now I will reveal a solution using geometry.

In the graph, apparently the total volume is twice the volume that V a V_a and V b V_b make.

Area of triangle:

1 2 D B × A C = 1 2 A B × B C \frac{1}{2}DB \times AC =\frac{1}{2} AB \times BC

D B = 12 × 16 20 = 9.6 DB=\frac{12 \times 16}{20}=9.6

E C = 10 EC=10 , E F E C = D B D C = A B B C \frac{EF}{EC}=\frac{DB}{DC}=\frac{AB}{BC} , E F = 7.5 EF=7.5

Half of the volume can be expressed by

V a + V b = 1 3 π D B 2 A C V c = 1 3 π 9. 6 2 × 20 1 3 π E F 2 E C = 1 3 π 9. 6 2 × 20 1 3 π 7. 5 2 × 10 V_a+V_b=\frac{1}{3} \pi DB^2 AC -V_c=\frac{1}{3} \pi 9.6^2 \times 20 - \frac{1}{3}\pi EF^2 EC=\frac{1}{3} \pi 9.6^2 \times 20 - \frac{1}{3} \pi 7.5^2 \times 10

1 2 V = 426.9 π \frac{1}{2}V=426.9\pi

V = 853.8 π = 4269 5 π V=853.8 \pi=\frac{4269}{5}\pi

4269 + 5 = 4274 4269+5=\boxed{4274}

I do not see why the resulting solid must be a cone.

Agnishom Chattopadhyay - 3 years, 10 months ago

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Oh sorry, I actually mean there is a combination of a few cone ,exactly two whole cone and two incomplete cone. Thanks for correction

Kelvin Hong - 3 years, 10 months ago

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