Steel Ball Drop

Geometry Level 3

A cylindrical glass is partially filled with water at the same height as the diameter of its base. Then a spherical steel ball of the same diameter is dropped into the water, raising the water level by 4 cm up to the very top of the glass.

How high is this glass in cm?


The answer is 10.

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3 solutions

Let V c V_c be the volume of the cylinder, V w V_w be the volume of the water and V s V_s be the volume of the sphere.

Then,

V c = V w + V s V_c = V_w+V_s

π r 2 ( h + 4 ) = π r 2 h + 4 3 π r 3 \pi r^2(h+4)=\pi r^2h+\frac{4}{3}\pi r^3

π r 2 ( h + 4 ) = π r 2 ( h + 4 3 r ) \pi r^2(h+4)=\pi r^2(h+\frac{4}{3}r) \implies π r 2 \pi r^2 cancels out

h + 4 = h + 4 3 r h+4=h+\frac{4}{3}r \implies h h cancels out

3 = r 3=r

but: h = 2 r h=2r \implies r = h 2 r=\frac{h}{2}

therefore,

3 = h 2 3=\frac{h}{2}

6 = h 6=h

Finally, the height of the cylinder is

h + 4 = 6 + 4 = h+4=6+4= 10 c m \boxed{\large\color{#D61F06}10~cm} a n s w e r \color{#69047E}answer

The volume of the steel ball equals to the cylindrical volume raised.

Thus, 4 3 π ( r 3 ) = π ( r 2 ) h = 4 π ( r 2 ) \dfrac{4}{3}\pi(r^3) =\pi(r^2)h = 4\pi(r^2) .

Hence, r 3 = 1 \dfrac{r}{3}=1 . r = 3 r=3 .

Finally, the glass's height = 2 × 3 + 4 = 10 2\times 3 + 4 =\boxed{10} .

You said finally twice, you can combine those last two sentences not to be rude or anything.

Razzi Masroor - 4 years, 2 months ago

Let r r be the radius of the cylinder and sphere. Then the initial height of water is h = d = 2 r h=d=2r . The volume of rise of water is equal to the volume of the sphere. So we have

π r 2 ( 4 ) = 4 3 π r 3 \pi r^2(4)=\dfrac{4}{3} \pi r^3

r = 3 r=3

So the height of the the glass is h + 4 = 2 r + 4 = 2 ( 3 ) + 4 = 6 + 4 = h+4=2r+4=2(3)+4=6+4= 10 \boxed{10} .

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