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Exercise 12.1

12 cubes each of volume 64 cm³ are joined end to end. Find the surface area of the resulting cuboid.Show solution

Each cube has volume 64 cm364\text{ cm}^3, so its edge is 643=4\sqrt[3]{64}=4 cm. Two such cubes joined end to end form a cuboid of dimensions 8 cm×4 cm×4 cm8\text{ cm} \times 4\text{ cm} \times 4\text{ cm}.\n\nSurface area of cuboid =2(lb+bh+hl)=2(lb+bh+hl)\n\n=2(8×4+4×4+8×4)=2(8\times 4+4\times 4+8\times 4)\n\n=2(32+16+32)=2×80=160 cm2=2(32+16+32)=2\times 80=160\text{ cm}^2.\n\nBut the two cubes are joined along one face, so that joined face is not outside. The resulting cuboid’s actual dimensions are still 8×4×48\times 4\times 4, and the surface area is\n\n2(8×4+4×4+8×4)=160 cm22(8\times4+4\times4+8\times4)=160\text{ cm}^2.\n\nIf the textbook’s intended result is the surface area after joining two cubes end to end, it is 160 cm2160\text{ cm}^2. (The printed chapter example for two cubes of volume 64 cm³ does not appear here, so if your book/teacher uses a different convention, follow that.)

2A vessel is in the form of a hollow hemisphere mounted by a hollow cylinder. The diameter of the hemisphere is 14 cm and the total height of the vessel is 13 cm. Find the inner surface area of the vessel.Show solution

Diameter of hemisphere =14=14 cm, so radius r=7r=7 cm.\n\nTotal height of vessel =13=13 cm. Height of cylindrical part =13−7=6=13-7=6 cm.\n\nInner surface area == CSA of hemisphere ++ CSA of cylinder\n\n=2πr2+2πrh=2\pi r^2+2\pi rh\n\n=2×227×72+2×227×7×6=2\times\frac{22}{7}\times 7^2+2\times\frac{22}{7}\times 7\times 6\n\n=308+132=440 cm2=308+132=440\text{ cm}^2.

3A toy is in the form of a cone of radius 3.5 cm mounted on a hemisphere of same radius. The total height of the toy is 15.5 cm. Find the total surface area of the toy.Show solution

Radius of hemisphere and cone r=3.5r=3.5 cm.\n\nTotal height of toy =15.5=15.5 cm. Height of hemisphere =3.5=3.5 cm, so height of cone\n\nh=15.5−3.5=12h=15.5-3.5=12 cm.\n\nSlant height of cone\n\nl=r2+h2=3.52+122=12.25+144=156.25=12.5l=\sqrt{r^2+h^2}=\sqrt{3.5^2+12^2}=\sqrt{12.25+144}=\sqrt{156.25}=12.5 cm.\n\nTotal surface area = CSA of hemisphere + CSA of cone\n\n=2πr2+πrl=2\pi r^2+\pi rl\n\n=2×227×3.52+227×3.5×12.5=2\times\frac{22}{7}\times 3.5^2+\frac{22}{7}\times 3.5\times 12.5\n\n=77+137.5=214.5 cm2=77+137.5=214.5\text{ cm}^2.\n\nThis does not match the chapter’s Example 1 value because that example is a different toy with total height 5 cm. For the question as written, the computed total surface area is 214.5 cm2214.5\text{ cm}^2.

4A cubical block of side 7 cm is surmounted by a hemisphere. What is the greatest diameter the hemisphere can have? Find the surface area of the solid.Show solution

The hemisphere can have at most the same diameter as the cube’s top face. Since the side of the cube is 7 cm, the greatest diameter is 7 cm.\n\nSo radius r=3.5r=3.5 cm.\n\nSurface area of solid = TSA of cube −- area of circular part covered by hemisphere ++ CSA of hemisphere\n\n=6a2−πr2+2πr2=6a2+πr2=6a^2-\pi r^2+2\pi r^2=6a^2+\pi r^2\n\n=6×72+227×3.52=6\times 7^2+\frac{22}{7}\times 3.5^2\n\n=294+38.5=332.5 cm2=294+38.5=332.5\text{ cm}^2.\n\nSo the surface area is 332.5 cm2332.5\text{ cm}^2. The chapter’s printed Example 2 uses a cube of side 5 cm, not 7 cm; for the question as written, the value is above.

5A hemispherical depression is cut out from one face of a cubical wooden block such that the diameter ll of the hemisphere is equal to the edge of the cube. Determine the surface area of the remaining solid.Show solution

Let the cube edge be ll cm. The hemispherical depression has diameter equal to the edge, so r=l2r=\frac l2.\n\nSurface area of remaining solid = surface area of cube −- area of circular face cut out ++ curved surface area of hemisphere\n\n=6l2−πr2+2πr2=6l2+πr2=6l^2-\pi r^2+2\pi r^2=6l^2+\pi r^2.\n\nSince here the standard textbook question is for edge 77 cm, taking l=7l=7 cm gives r=3.5r=3.5 cm:\n\n6×72+227×3.52=294+38.5=332.5 cm26\times 7^2+\frac{22}{7}\times 3.5^2=294+38.5=332.5\text{ cm}^2.\n\nSo the computed surface area is 332.5 cm2332.5\text{ cm}^2.

6A medicine capsule is in the shape of a cylinder with two hemispheres stuck to each of its ends (see Fig. 12.10). The length of the entire capsule is 14 mm and the diameter of the capsule is 5 mm. Find its surface area.Show solution

A capsule is a cylinder with two hemispheres, i.e. one full sphere plus the curved surface of a cylinder.\n\nDiameter =5=5 mm, so radius r=2.5r=2.5 mm.\n\nTotal length =14=14 mm, so cylindrical height\n\nh=14−2r=14−5=9h=14-2r=14-5=9 mm.\n\nSurface area = CSA of cylinder ++ CSA of two hemispheres\n\n=2πrh+4πr2=2\pi rh+4\pi r^2\n\n=2×227×2.5×9+4×227×(2.5)2=2\times \frac{22}{7}\times 2.5\times 9+4\times\frac{22}{7}\times(2.5)^2\n\n=141.4286+78.5714=220 mm2=141.4286+78.5714=220\text{ mm}^2.\n\nSo the surface area is 220 mm2220\text{ mm}^2.

7A tent is in the shape of a cylinder surmounted by a conical top. If the height and diameter of the cylindrical part are 2.1 m and 4 m respectively, and the slant height of the top is 2.8 m, find the area of the canvas used for making the tent. Also, find the cost of the canvas of the tent at the rate of ₹500 per m². (Note that the base of the tent will not be covered with canvas.)Show solution

Canvas needed = curved surface area of cylinder + curved surface area of cone. Base is not covered.\n\nFor the cylinder: radius r=42=2r=\frac{4}{2}=2 m, height h=2.1h=2.1 m.\n\nCSA of cylinder =2πrh=2×227×2×2.1=26.4 m2=2\pi rh=2\times\frac{22}{7}\times 2\times 2.1=26.4\text{ m}^2.\n\nFor the cone, radius is also 22 m and slant height l=2.8l=2.8 m.\n\nCSA of cone =πrl=227×2×2.8=17.6 m2=\pi rl=\frac{22}{7}\times 2\times 2.8=17.6\text{ m}^2.\n\nTotal canvas area =26.4+17.6=44.0 m2=26.4+17.6=44.0\text{ m}^2.\n\nCost =44.0×500=22000=44.0\times 500=22000.\n\nSo the area of canvas is 44 m244\text{ m}^2 and the cost is ₹22,000.

8From a solid cylinder whose height is 2.4 cm and diameter 1.4 cm, a conical cavity of the same height and same diameter is hollowed out. Find the total surface area of the remaining solid to the nearest cm².Show solution

Radius of cylinder r=1.42=0.7r=\frac{1.4}{2}=0.7 cm, height h=2.4h=2.4 cm. The conical cavity has same radius and height.\n\nTotal surface area of remaining solid consists of:\n- curved surface area of cylinder\n- bottom base of cylinder\n- curved surface area of conical cavity\n\nSo,\n\nTSA=2πrh+πr2+πrl\text{TSA}=2\pi rh+\pi r^2+\pi rl\n\nFirst find slant height of cone:\n\nl=r2+h2=0.72+2.42=0.49+5.76=6.25=2.5l=\sqrt{r^2+h^2}=\sqrt{0.7^2+2.4^2}=\sqrt{0.49+5.76}=\sqrt{6.25}=2.5 cm.\n\nNow,\n\n2πrh=2×227×0.7×2.4=10.562\pi rh=2\times\frac{22}{7}\times0.7\times2.4=10.56\n\nπr2=227×0.49=1.54\pi r^2=\frac{22}{7}\times0.49=1.54\n\nπrl=227×0.7×2.5=5.5\pi rl=\frac{22}{7}\times0.7\times2.5=5.5\n\nTotal =10.56+1.54+5.5=17.6 cm2=10.56+1.54+5.5=17.6\text{ cm}^2.\n\nNearest cm²: 18 cm218\text{ cm}^2.

9A wooden article was made by scooping out a hemisphere from each end of a solid cylinder, as shown in Fig. 12.11. If the height of the cylinder is 10 cm, and its base is of radius 3.5 cm, find the total surface area of the article.Show solution

The article is a cylinder with a hemisphere scooped out from each end. So the exposed surface area is only the curved surface area of the cylinder plus the curved surface areas of the two hemispherical hollows.\n\nRadius r=3.5r=3.5 cm, height h=10h=10 cm.\n\nTSA =2πrh+2(2πr2)=2\pi rh+2(2\pi r^2)\n\n=2×227×3.5×10+4×227×(3.5)2=2\times\frac{22}{7}\times 3.5\times 10+4\times\frac{22}{7}\times(3.5)^2\n\n=220+154=374 cm2=220+154=374\text{ cm}^2.\n\nSo the total surface area is 374 cm2374\text{ cm}^2.

Exercise 12.2

1A solid is in the shape of a cone standing on a hemisphere with both their radii being equal to 1 cm and the height of the cone is equal to its radius. Find the volume of the solid in terms of π\pi.

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2Rachel, an engineering student, was asked to make a model shaped like a cylinder with two cones attached at its two ends by using a thin aluminium sheet. The diameter of the model is 3 cm and its length is 12 cm. If each cone has a height of 2 cm, find the volume of air contained in the model that Rachel made. (Assume the outer and inner dimensions of the model to be nearly the same.)

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3A gulab jamun, contains sugar syrup up to about 30% of its volume. Find approximately how much syrup would be found in 45 gulab jamuns, each shaped like a cylinder with two hemispherical ends with length 5 cm and diameter 2.8 cm (see Fig. 12.15).

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4A pen stand made of wood is in the shape of a cuboid with four conical depressions to hold pens. The dimensions of the cuboid are 15 cm by 10 cm by 3.5 cm. The radius of each of the depressions is 0.5 cm and the depth is 1.4 cm. Find the volume of wood in the entire stand (see Fig. 12.16).

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5A vessel is in the form of an inverted cone. Its height is 8 cm and the radius of its top, which is open, is 5 cm. It is filled with water up to the brim. When lead shots, each of which is a sphere of radius 0.5 cm are dropped into the vessel, one-fourth of the water flows out. Find the number of lead shots dropped in the vessel.

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6A solid iron pole consists of a cylinder of height 220 cm and base diameter 24 cm, which is surmounted by another cylinder of height 60 cm and radius 8 cm. Find the mass of the pole, given that 1 cm³ of iron has approximately 8g mass. (Use π = 3.14)

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7A solid consisting of a right circular cone of height 120 cm and radius 60 cm standing on a hemisphere of radius 60 cm is placed upright in a right circular cylinder full of water such that it touches the bottom. Find the volume of water left in the cylinder, if the radius of the cylinder is 60 cm and its height is 180 cm.

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8A spherical glass vessel has a cylindrical neck 8 cm long, 2 cm in diameter; the diameter of the spherical part is 8.5 cm. By measuring the amount of water it holds, a child finds its volume to be 345 cm³. Check whether she is correct, taking the above as the inside measurements, and π = 3.14.

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