Volume of sphere outside cube - part 2

Geometry Level 5

A cube of side length a = 10 a=10 and a sphere of radius R = 7.5 R = 7.5 have the same center. Find the volume of the sphere that lies outside the cube. If this volume is V V , then enter 1000 V \lfloor 1000V \rfloor as your answer.


The answer is 779555.

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1 solution

Hosam Hajjir
Aug 8, 2020

We will find the required volume indirectly by first finding the volume of the cube that lies outside the sphere. This is the volume of the 8 red corners protruding outside the sphere. Let's find the volume of one of these corners.

Define θ 0 = cos 1 ( a 2 R ) \theta_0 = \cos^{-1} \left( \dfrac{a}{2 R} \right) , and ϕ 1 = sin 1 ( cot θ 0 ) \phi_1 = \sin^{-1} ( \cot \theta_0) , then it was shown in the solution of this recent problem that the yellow-shaded area of the corner of the sphere is given by

Yellow Area = A 1 = 6 R 2 ( cos θ 0 ( ϕ 1 π 4 ) + sin 1 ( cos ϕ 1 / 2 ) π 6 ) \text{Yellow Area} = A_1 = 6 R^2 \left( \cos \theta_0 (\phi_1 - \frac{\pi}{4}) + \sin^{-1} (\cos \phi_1 / \sqrt{2} ) - \dfrac{\pi}{6} \right)

And it is straight forward to show that the green-shaded area on the face of the cube outside the sphere is given by

Green Area = A 2 = a 2 ( a 2 r 0 sin t 0 ) 1 2 r 0 2 ( π 2 2 t 0 ) \text{Green Area} = A_2 = \dfrac{a}{2} \left( \dfrac{a}{2} - r_0 \sin t_0 \right) - \frac{1}{2} {r_0}^2 \left( \frac{\pi}{2} - 2 t_0 \right)

where r 0 = R sin θ 0 r_0 = R \sin \theta_0 and t 0 = cos 1 ( a 2 r 0 ) t_0 = \cos^{-1} \left( \dfrac{a}{2 r_0} \right) .

Using the yellow and green areas as found above, we can find the volume of the corners of the cube protruding outside the sphere as,

V 1 = 8 ( 1 3 ) ( R A 1 + 3 ( a 2 ) A 2 ) V_1 = 8 (\dfrac{1}{3})( - R A_1 + 3 (\dfrac{a}{2}) A_2 )

Plugging in the given values and evaluating the above formulas, we find that V 1 = 12.40980533 V_1 = 12.40980533

It follows that the volume of the cube that is inside the sphere (i.e. common with the sphere) is

V 2 = a 3 V 1 = 1000 V 1 = 987.5901947 V_2 = a^3 - V_1 = 1000 - V_1 = 987.5901947

And finally from V 2 V_2 , we get the volume of the sphere that is outside the cube as,

V 3 = 4 π 3 R 3 V 2 = 779.555673 V_3 = \dfrac{4 \pi}{3} R^3 - V_2 = 779.555673

which makes the answer 1000 V 3 = 779555 \lfloor 1000 V_3 \rfloor = \boxed{779555}

Using the Monte Carlo method of integration it gave and answer of 779558.

Frank Petiprin - 7 months, 3 weeks ago

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That's very close.

Hosam Hajjir - 7 months, 3 weeks ago

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