Water is dripping out of the bottom of a conical container. The cone has a diameter of 8 inches and a height of 8 inches. a) When the depth of the water is 8 inches, what is the radius of the water? b) Write a function for the volume of water left in the container in terms of the radius of the water. c) Write a function for the volume of water left in the container in terms of the height of the water. d) Find the radius of the cone when the volume is 24pi inches^3.
a) if the cone is 8 inches high and it is filled with a depth of 8 inches, then the cone is full of water, and the radius of the water level must be 4 inches.
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b)
let the height of the water be h, and the radius of the water level be r
by similar triangles:
h/r = 8/4
h = 2r
Volume of water = (1/3)π r^2 h
= (1/3)π r^2(2r)
= (2/3)π r^3
c) from above , r = h/2
V = (1/3)π r^2 h
= (1/3)π (h^2/4)h
= (1/12)π h^3
d) (1/12)π h^3 = 24π
h^3 = 288
h = appr 6.6 inches
a) When the depth of the water is 8 inches, the radius of the water will be equal to the radius of the cone, which is half of the diameter. Therefore, the radius of the water is 4 inches.
b) To find the volume of water left in the container in terms of the radius of the water, we can use the formula for the volume of a cone:
V = (1/3) * π * r^2 * h,
where V is the volume, π is pi, r is the radius of the water, and h is the height of the water.
c) To find the volume of water left in the container in terms of the height of the water, we still use the same formula:
V = (1/3) * π * r^2 * h,
but this time, we use the height of the water as the variable instead of the radius.
d) To find the radius of the cone when the volume is 24π cubic inches, we can rearrange the volume formula:
V = (1/3) * π * r^2 * h.
We know that V is 24π and h is 8 inches. Substituting these values into the formula, we have:
24π = (1/3) * π * r^2 * 8.
Simplifying, we get:
8 * r^2 = 9.
Dividing both sides by 8, we have:
r^2 = 9/8.
Taking the square root of both sides, we get:
r = √(9/8).
Therefore, the radius of the cone when the volume is 24π cubic inches is √(9/8) inches.
a) When the depth of the water is 8 inches, the radius of the water can be calculated using similar triangles. The ratio of the radius of the water (r) to the height of the water (h) will be the same as the ratio of the radius of the cone (R) to its height (H).
So, using the given values, we have:
r/h = R/H
Substituting the values:
r/8 = 8/8
Simplifying, we get:
r = 8
Therefore, when the depth of the water is 8 inches, the radius of the water is also 8 inches.
b) To find the volume of water left in the container in terms of the radius of the water, we need to find the formula for the volume of a conical frustum. The volume (V) of a conical frustum can be calculated using the following formula:
V = (1/3) * pi * h * (R^2 + r^2 + R*r)
In this case, since the radius of the water is constant at 8 inches, the formula can be simplified to:
V = (1/3) * pi * h * (64 + R^2 + 64)
Simplifying further, we have:
V = (1/3) * pi * h * (R^2 + 128)
So, the function for the volume of water left in the container in terms of the radius of the water is:
V = (1/3) * pi * h * (R^2 + 128)
c) To write a function for the volume of water left in the container in terms of the height of the water, we can substitute the given values into the formula derived in part b:
V = (1/3) * pi * h * (R^2 + 128)
d) To find the radius of the cone when the volume is 24pi inches^3, we can use the volume formula from part c and substitute the given values:
24pi = (1/3) * pi * h * (R^2 + 128)
Multiplying both sides by 3/pi to isolate the equation:
72 = h * (R^2 + 128)
Since no specific value is given for the height, we can't find R directly. However, we can use the information given to find a relationship between R and h.
a) To find the radius of the water when the depth is 8 inches, we can use the property of similar triangles. The large triangle formed by the cone has a height of 8 inches and a base diameter of 8 inches. The small triangle formed by the water has a height of 8 inches as well, but the base diameter is unknown. Since the large and small triangles are similar, their corresponding sides are proportional.
Let's denote the radius of the water as r. From the similar triangles, we can set up the following proportion:
8/8 = r/W
Here, W represents the width (or base diameter) of the water. We can cross-multiply to get:
8W = 8r
Simplifying, we find that W = r. Therefore, the radius of the water when the depth is 8 inches is also 8 inches.
b) The volume of a cone can be calculated using the formula V = (π * r^2 * h) / 3, where V is the volume, r is the radius, and h is the height.
Since in part a) we found that the radius of the water is equal to the depth (8 inches), we can rewrite the formula as V = (π * h^3) / 3. Now, the volume of the water left in the container can be expressed solely in terms of the height of the water.
c) Similarly to part b), we know that the volume of water left in the container can be expressed as V = (π * r^2 * h) / 3. However, since the question asks for the volume in terms of the height of the water, we can isolate r in terms of h.
To do this, we can rearrange the formula and solve for r:
3V = π * r^2 * h
r^2 = (3V) / (π * h)
r = √((3V) / (π * h))
So, the function for the volume of water left in the container in terms of the height of the water is V = (π * (√((3V) / (π * h))))^2 * h / 3.
d) To find the radius of the cone when the volume is 24pi cubic inches, we can substitute this value into the volume formula for a cone, V = (π * r^2 * h) / 3, and solve for r.
24π = (π * r^2 * 8) / 3
(24π * 3) / (8 * π) = r^2
9 = r^2
Taking the square root of both sides, we find:
r = 3
Therefore, the radius of the cone when the volume is 24π cubic inches is 3 inches.