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

MATHEMATICS
WAEC 2015

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 \(333\frac{1}{3}\pi m^{3}\), 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)cone

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

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

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

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

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

triangle

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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