A water reservoir in the form of a cone mounted on a hemisphere is built…

A water reservoir in the form of a cone mounted on a hemisphere is built such that the plane face of the hemisphere fits exactly to the base of the cone and the height of the cone is 6 times thr radius of its base.

(a) Illustrate this information in a diagram.

(b) If the volume of the reservoir is (333frac{1}{3}pi m^{3}), calculate, correct to the nearest whole number, the :

(I) volume of the hemisphere ; (II) Total surface area of the reservoir. [Take (pi = frac{22}{7})].

Explanation

(a) 

(i) Using volume of reservoir = volume of hemisphere + volume of cone.

(implies 333frac{1}{3}pi = frac{2}{3}pi r^{3} + frac{1}{3}pi r^{2} h)

(implies frac{1000}{3}pi = frac{1}{3}pi (2r^{3} + r^{2}h))

Let the radius of the hemisphere be x m;

Then (frac{1000}{3} = frac{1}{3}(2x^{3} + x^{2}(6x)))

(1000 = 2x^{3} + 6x^{3})

(1000 = 8x^{3} implies x^{3} = frac{1000}{8} = 125)

(x = sqrt[3]{125} = 5 m)

Hence, the volume of the hemisphere = (frac{2}{3}pi r^{3})

(where r = x = 5 m)

= (frac{2}{3} times frac{22}{7} times 5^{3} m^{3})

= (frac{5500}{21} m^{3} approxeq 261.905 m^{3})

= (262 m^{3} ) (nearest whole number)

(ii) Total surface area of reservoir

= surface area of hemisphere + surface area of cone

= (2pi r^{2} + pi rl)

From the diagram above, (l^{2} = 30^{2} + 5^{2})

(l^{2} = 900 + 25 = 925)

(l = sqrt{925} = 30.41 m)

Hence, the total surface area of the reservoir = (2 times frac{22}{7} times 5 times 5 + frac{22}{7} times 5 times 30.41)

= (157.143 + 477.871)

= (635.104 m^{2})

(approxeq 635 m^{2}) (to the nearest whole number).

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