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 where and are coprime positive integers, find .
Bonus:
Generalize to side lengths
and
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If side lengths be x and y , which x ≤ y ,
and the hypotenuse be r = 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 = 1 2 y 2 r π x 2 ( 8 y 4 − r 4 )
For this question, x=12, y=16, r=20.
So volume is 5 4 2 6 9 π
4 2 6 9 + 5 = 4 2 7 4 .
Now I will reveal a solution using geometry.
In the graph, apparently the total volume is twice the volume that V a and V b make.
Area of triangle:
2 1 D B × A C = 2 1 A B × B C
D B = 2 0 1 2 × 1 6 = 9 . 6
E C = 1 0 , E C E F = D C D B = B C A B , E F = 7 . 5
Half of the volume can be expressed by
V a + V b = 3 1 π D B 2 A C − V c = 3 1 π 9 . 6 2 × 2 0 − 3 1 π E F 2 E C = 3 1 π 9 . 6 2 × 2 0 − 3 1 π 7 . 5 2 × 1 0
2 1 V = 4 2 6 . 9 π
V = 8 5 3 . 8 π = 5 4 2 6 9 π
4 2 6 9 + 5 = 4 2 7 4