Surface Areas and Volumes
Haryana Board · Class 10 · Mathematics
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12 cubes each of volume 64 cm³ are joined end to end. Find the surface area of the resulting cuboid.Show solution
Step 1: Find the side of each cube.
Step 2: Dimensions of the resulting cuboid.
When two cubes are joined end to end:
- Length cm
- Breadth cm
- Height cm
Step 3: Surface area of the cuboid.
Answer: The surface area of the resulting cuboid is .
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 cm, so radius cm
- Total height of vessel = 13 cm
- Height of cylindrical part cm
Formula used:
Calculation:
Answer: The inner surface area of the vessel is .
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 cone = radius of hemisphere cm
- Total height of toy = 15.5 cm
- Height of cone cm
Step 1: Find slant height of cone.
Step 2: Total surface area.
Answer: The total surface area of the toy is .
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
Step 1: Greatest diameter of hemisphere.
The greatest diameter the hemisphere can have equals the side of the cube.
Step 2: Surface area of the solid.
The total surface area = Total surface area of cube − Base area of hemisphere + Curved surface area of hemisphere
Answer: The greatest diameter is 7 cm and the surface area of the solid is .
5A hemispherical depression is cut out from one face of a cubical wooden block such that the diameter of the hemisphere is equal to the edge of the cube. Determine the surface area of the remaining solid.Show solution
- Edge of cube =
- Diameter of hemisphere = , so radius
Surface area of remaining solid:
= Total surface area of cube − Base area of hemisphere + Curved surface area of hemisphere
Answer: The surface area of the remaining solid is .
6A medicine capsule is in the shape of a cylinder with two hemispheres stuck to each of its ends. The length of the entire capsule is 14 mm and the diameter of the capsule is 5 mm. Find its surface area.Show solution
- Total length of capsule = 14 mm
- Diameter = 5 mm, so radius mm
Step 1: Find height of cylindrical part.
The two hemispheres together contribute mm to the total length.
Step 2: Total surface area.
Answer: The surface area of the capsule is .
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
- Height of cylinder m
- Diameter = 4 m, so radius m
- Slant height of cone m
Step 1: Area of canvas used.
Step 2: Cost of canvas.
Answer: Area of canvas = and cost of canvas = .
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
- Height of cylinder = height of cone cm
- Diameter = 1.4 cm, so radius cm
Step 1: Slant height of cone.
Step 2: Total surface area of remaining solid.
The remaining solid has:
- CSA of cylinder (outer curved surface)
- Base area of cylinder (bottom circle, solid)
- CSA of cone (inner hollow surface)
Answer: The total surface area of the remaining solid .
9A wooden article was made by scooping out a hemisphere from each end of a solid cylinder. 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
- Height of cylinder cm
- Radius cm
Total surface area of the article:
When hemispheres are scooped from each end, the flat circular ends of the cylinder are replaced by the curved surfaces of the two hemispheres.
Answer: The total surface area of the article is .
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.Show solution
- Radius of cone = radius of hemisphere cm
- Height of cone cm
Volume of solid:
Answer: The volume of the solid is .
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.)Show solution
- Diameter = 3 cm, so radius cm
- Total length = 12 cm
- Height of each cone cm
Step 1: Height of cylindrical part.
Step 2: Volume of air in the model.
Answer: The volume of air contained in the model is .
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.Show solution
- Total length of each gulab jamun = 5 cm
- Diameter = 2.8 cm, so radius cm
- Syrup = 30% of total volume
Step 1: Height of cylindrical part.
Step 2: Volume of one gulab jamun.
Step 3: Volume of syrup in 45 gulab jamuns.
Answer: The volume of syrup in 45 gulab jamuns is approximately .
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.Show solution
- Dimensions of cuboid: cm, cm, cm
- Radius of each conical depression cm
- Depth of each depression cm
- Number of depressions = 4
Step 1: Volume of cuboid.
Step 2: Volume of one conical depression.
Step 3: Volume of wood.
Answer: The volume of wood in the entire stand is approximately .
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.Show solution
- Height of cone cm, radius cm
- Radius of each lead shot cm
- Water that flows out = of total volume
Step 1: Volume of water in cone.
Step 2: Volume of water that flows out.
Step 3: Volume of one lead shot.
Step 4: Number of lead shots.
Answer: The number of lead shots dropped in the vessel is .
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 8 g mass. (Use π = 3.14)Show solution
- Lower cylinder: height cm, diameter = 24 cm → radius cm
- Upper cylinder: height cm, radius cm
- Density = 8 g/cm³
Step 1: Volume of lower cylinder.
Step 2: Volume of upper cylinder.
Step 3: Total volume.
Step 4: Mass of the pole.
Answer: The mass of the pole is approximately .
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.Show solution
- Cone: height cm, radius cm
- Hemisphere: radius cm
- Cylinder: height cm, radius cm
Step 1: Volume of cylinder.
Step 2: Volume of solid (cone + hemisphere).
Step 3: Volume of water left.
Answer: The volume of water left in the cylinder is .
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.Show solution
- Cylindrical neck: length cm, diameter = 2 cm → radius cm
- Spherical part: diameter = 8.5 cm → radius cm
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Step 1: Volume of cylindrical neck.
Step 2: Volume of spherical part.
Step 3: Total volume.
Conclusion: The actual volume ≈ 346.51 cm³, whereas the child measured 345 cm³. The child's answer is not correct (the correct volume is approximately 346.51 cm³).
Answer: The child's answer is incorrect. The correct volume is approximately .
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