A basin made of plastic has an upper base diameter of 30 cm, a lower base diameter of 20 cm and a height of 10 cm. It is filled with water at a height of 4 cm. How much area of the basin (in square cm) is wet?
Note: Neglect the thickness of the basin.
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From the similar triangles on the left side, we get 4 x = 1 0 5 ⟹ x = 2 ⟹ R = 1 2 .
The wet area is the area of the lower base and the curved surface area of the frustum ; the latter's formula is π ( R + r ) ( R − r ) 2 + h 2 .
Thus the wet area is
π ( R + r ) ( R − r ) 2 + h 2 + π r 2 = π ( 1 2 + 1 0 ) ( 1 2 − 1 0 ) 2 + 4 2 + π ( 1 0 2 ) = 4 4 5 π + 1 0 0 π