Wedding ring

Geometry Level 3

A right circular cylinder is bored through a ball so that the axis of the cylinder passes through the center of the ball. The resultant shape resembles that of a plain wedding ring.

The height of the bore is 6 in some unit of distance.

The answer should be in the form n n π \pi cubic units. Only the value of n n should in your answer.


The answer is 36.

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3 solutions

If you setup the integration with a parameter for the radius of the bore, then you will discover that the volume is independent of the bore radius. Therefore, set the radius to 0 0 and use the known formula for the volume of a ball, 4 π r 3 3 \frac{4\pi r^3}{3} with a value of r of 3 (one half of the bore height), 4 π 3 3 3 \frac{4\pi 3^3}{3} . The answer is 36 π 36\pi . Therefore the answer to be entered is 36 36 .

Some will argue that since I didn't give a bore radius and a numeric answer is needed, then the bore radius is not significant and then follow the same computation.

Otto Bretscher
Dec 14, 2018

No calculus required! Let a a be the radius of the ball. Then the cross section through the wedding band for a fixed value of z z is an annulus with radii a 2 9 \sqrt{a^2-9} and a 2 z 2 \sqrt{a^2-z^2} . The area of this annulus is π ( 9 z 2 ) \pi(9-z^2) , independent of a a , the same as for a sphere of radius 3. By Cavalieri's Principle , the volume of the wedding band is the same as that of a sphere of radius 3, namely, 36 π \boxed{36}\ \pi .

Parth Sankhe
Dec 14, 2018

Volume of napkin ring = π 6 h 3 \frac {π}{6}h^3

Put h=6 to get the answer as n = 36 n=36

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