A sector of a circle of radius 7 cm substending an angle 270 at the centre of the circle is used to form a cone. Take pi = 22/7.
A.) Find the base radius of the cone.
B.) Calculate the total surface area of the come to the nearest square centimetre.
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The sector does not form a frustrum. Since the arc length of the sector becomes the circumference of the base of the cone, it forms a cone with
base radius = 270/360 = 3/4 the radius of the sector
slant height = radius of the sector
So the area is
π(3/4 * 7)(7) = 147π/4 cm^2
I apologize for the mistake in my previous response. You are correct that the sector forms a cone and not a frustum of a cone, since the sector's arc length is equal to the circumference of the base of the cone.
The base radius of the cone is 3/4 of the sector's radius (7 cm), so it is (3/4)(7) = 21/4 cm.
The slant height of the cone is the same as the radius of the sector, which is 7 cm.
Using these values, the total surface area of the cone is:
A = πr^2 + πrℓ
A = π(21/4)^2 + π(21/4)(7)
A ≈ 200.2 cm^2 (rounded to the nearest square centimeter)
I apologize for any confusion my previous response may have caused. Thank you for pointing out the mistake.
and the cone has an open base, since it was formed just from the sector. The total area is just the lateral area.
You are correct again. Since the cone was formed directly from the sector of the circle, the base is open and the total surface area of the cone is just the lateral surface area. The formula for the lateral surface area of a cone is:
A = πrℓ
where r is the base radius and ℓ is the slant height. Substituting the values we found earlier, we get:
A = π(21/4)(7)
A ≈ 153.94 cm^2 (rounded to the nearest square centimeter)
So the total surface area of the cone, which is also its lateral surface area, is approximately 153.94 square centimeters.
To find the base radius of the cone, we need to calculate the circumference of the sector and then use it as the base circumference of the cone.
A.) Finding base radius of the cone:
1. Calculate the circumference of the sector:
The circumference of the entire circle is given by the formula:
Circumference = 2 * pi * radius
Given the radius as 7 cm, we can substitute the value of pi as 22/7:
Circumference = 2 * (22/7) * 7
Circumference = 44 cm
2. Calculate the angle subtended by the sector:
The given angle is 270 degrees.
3. Calculate the fraction of the circumference subtended by the sector:
Fraction = Angle subtended / Total angle (360 degrees)
Fraction = 270 / 360
Fraction = 3/4
4. Calculate the circumference of the sector:
Circumference of sector = Fraction * Circumference
Circumference of sector = (3/4) * 44
Circumference of sector = 33 cm
5. Use the circumference of the sector as the base circumference of the cone to find the radius:
Circumference of the cone base = 2 * pi * base radius
Substitute the value of pi as 22/7 and circumference as 33 cm:
33 = 2 * (22/7) * base radius
Solve for the base radius:
(22/7) * base radius = 33 / 2
(22/7) * base radius = 16.5
base radius = 16.5 * (7/22)
base radius = 5 cm
Therefore, the base radius of the cone is 5 cm.
B.) Calculating the total surface area of the cone:
The total surface area of a cone can be calculated using the formula:
Total Surface Area = Base Area + Lateral Surface Area
1. Calculate the base area of the cone:
The formula for the base area of a cone is:
Base Area = pi * radius^2
Given the base radius as 5 cm and pi as 22/7:
Base Area = (22/7) * (5^2)
Base Area = (22/7) * 25
Base Area = 78.57 cm^2 (rounded to two decimal places)
2. Calculate the slant height of the cone:
The slant height can be calculated using the radius and height of the cone.
However, the height is not given in the question.
Without the height, we cannot calculate the lateral surface area.
Hence, we cannot determine the total surface area of the cone.
Therefore, the total surface area of the cone cannot be calculated without the height.
A) The sector of the circle with radius 7 cm and angle 270° looks like this:
We want to turn this sector into a cone. The curved edge of the sector will be the curved edge of the cone, so we need to match the circumference of the circle to the circumference of the base of the cone. The circumference of the circle is:
C = 2πr = 2(22/7)(7) = 44 cm
The angle at the center of the circle is 270°, so the angle at the apex of the cone is half that, or 135°. We can use this angle to find the slant height of the cone, which is the radius of the circle sector. The slant height, radius, and height of the cone form a right triangle, so we can use the sine function:
sin(135°) = r / h
r = h sin(135°)
But we know that the radius and height must be proportional to the radius and circumference of the base of the cone, so:
r / h = C / (2πr)
Solving for r, we get:
r = (C / 2π)^(1/2)
r = (44 / (2(22/7)))^(1/2)
r = (22/7)^(1/2) cm
r ≈ 2.97 cm
So the base radius of the cone is approximately 2.97 cm.
B) The total surface area of a cone is:
A = πr^2 + πrℓ
where ℓ is the slant height. We just calculated the base radius, so we need to find the slant height to calculate the total surface area. We can use the Pythagorean theorem:
h^2 + r^2 = ℓ^2
h = r tan(135°)
h = r (-1)
h = -r
So the slant height is:
ℓ = (-r^2 + h^2)^(1/2)
ℓ = (-r^2 + r^2)^(1/2)
ℓ = 0
This might seem weird, but it makes sense because the sector of the circle only goes partway around the circle, so it doesn't close up into a complete cone. Instead, it forms a frustum of a cone, which is like a cone with the top cut off. The curved edge of the frustum is the same as the curved edge of the sector, so it has length 7 cm. The slant height of the frustum is the same as the slant height of the cone would be if it were complete, so it is also approximately 2.97 cm. The height of the frustum is the distance from the center of the circle to the chord, which is half the radius of the circle, or 3.5 cm. The formula for the lateral surface area of a frustum of a cone is:
A = π(r1 + r2)ℓ
where r1 is the larger base radius, r2 is the smaller base radius, and ℓ is the slant height. In this case, r1 is 7 cm (the radius of the original circle), r2 is approximately 2.97 cm (the base radius of the frustum), and ℓ is approximately 2.97 cm (the slant height of the frustum). Plugging in, we get:
A = π(7 + 2.97)(2.97)
A ≈ 88.2
So the total surface area of the frustum (and the cone it would form if it were complete) is approximately 88.2 square centimeters.