Volume of Common Region

Geometry Level pending

Two spheres are centered at ( 2 , 4 , 8 ) (2, 4, 8) with a radius of 10, and at ( 10 , 12 , 18 ) (10, 12, 18) with radius 8. Find the volume of the region in space that is inside both spheres.

Round your answer to two decimal places.


The answer is 110.78.

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1 solution

Ujjwal Rane
Jan 24, 2017

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Let's work in 2D with the cross section and then revolve it to get the solid volume of intersection.

Center distance = ( 10 2 ) 2 + ( 12 4 ) 2 + ( 18 8 ) 2 = 64 + 64 + 100 = 228 \sqrt{(10-2)^2+(12-4)^2+(18-8)^2} = \sqrt{64+64+100} = \sqrt{228}

cos α = 8 2 + 8 2 1 0 2 2 ( 8 ) ( 228 \cos \alpha = \frac{8^2+8^2-10^2}{2(8)(\sqrt{228}} and 10 sin β = 8 sin α 10 \sin \beta = 8 \sin \alpha

Giving angles: α = 37.37 \alpha = 37.37 and β = 29.05 \beta = 29.05

Areas: A 1 = 8 2 ( α 2 sin 2 α 4 ) = 5.436 A_1 = 8^2 (\frac{\alpha}{2}-\frac{\sin 2\alpha}{4}) = 5.436 and A 2 = 1 0 2 ( β 2 sin 2 β 4 ) = 4.1269 A_2 = 10^2 (\frac{\beta}{2}-\frac{\sin 2\beta}{4})=4.1269

Centroids: h 1 = 2 R 3 2 2 cos 3 α 3 cos α sin 2 α 2 α sin 2 α = 1.8487 h_1 = \frac{2R}{3}\frac{2-2\cos^3\alpha-3\cos\alpha \sin^2 \alpha}{2 \alpha \sin 2\alpha} = 1.8487 h 2 = 2 R 3 2 2 cos 3 β 3 cos β sin 2 β 2 β sin 2 β = 1.8372 h_2 = \frac{2R}{3}\frac{2-2\cos^3\beta-3\cos\beta \sin^2 \beta}{2 \beta \sin 2\beta} = 1.8372

Combined Centroid = h = A 1 h 1 + A 2 h 2 A 1 + A 2 = 1.8438 h = \frac{A_1 h_1 + A_2 h_2}{A_1 + A_2} = 1.8438

Volume = 2 π h ( A 1 + A 2 ) = 110.78 2 \pi h (A_1 + A_2) = 110.78

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