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ISB Volumes and surface areas of solids 15B3 HKCEE MA 1985(AIB)-1-11

lSB.1 HKCEE MA 1983(AIB) - I - 8 Figure (1) shows a solid right circular cone. 0 is the vertex and Pis a point on the circumference of the base.
The area of the curved surface is 135n cm2 and the radius of the base is 9 cm.
The solid in Figure (1) is made up of two parts. The lower part is a right circular cylinder of height hem and
radius rem; the upper part is a hemisphere of the same radius rem. The two parts are of the same volume. (a) (i) Find the length of OP.
(ii) Find the height of the cone.
(a) Find the ratio r: h.
(b) The cone in Figure (1) is cut into two portions by a plane parallel to its base. The upper portion is a
(b) Figure (2) shows a section of the solid through the axis of the cylinder. The perimeter of this section is
cone of base radius 3 cm. The lower portion is a frustum of height xcm.
136cm.
(i) Find the value of x.
(i) Calculate r to 2 significant figures.
(ii) A right cylindrical hole of radius 3 cm is drilled through the frustum (see Figure (2)). Find the
(ii) Calculate the total external surface area (including the base) of the solid in cm2 to 1 significant volume of the solid which remains in the frustum. (Give your answer in terms of 7t'.)
figure.
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Figure (1) shows a solid consisting of a right circular cone and a hemisphere with a common base which is a
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lSB.2 HKCEEMA 1984(A/B)-I-12 circle of radius 6. The volume of the cone is equal to of the volume of the hemisphere.
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In the figure, all vertical cross-sections of the solid that are parallel to APBCQD are identical. ABCD, BRTC (a) (i) Find the height of the cone.
andABRS are squares, each of side 20 cm. Pis the mid-point of AB. CQD is a circular arc with centre P and (ii) Find the volume of the solid. (Leave your answer in terms of rr.)
radius PC. (b) (i) The solid is cut into two parts. The upper part is a right circular cone of height y and base radius x
(In this question, give your answers correct to 1 decimal place.) as shown in Figure (2). Find'.:_
(a) Find LCPD. (ii) If the two parts in (b)(i) are equal in volume, find y. correct to 1 decimal place.
(b) Find, in cm, the length of the arc CQD.
(c) Find, in cm2, the area of the cross-sectionAPBCQD.
(d) Find, in cm2, the total surface area of the solid.

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15B.5 HKCEEMA1989 - I - 11 15B.8 (HKCEE MA 1993 - I -9)

Figure (1) shows a rectangular swimming pool 50m long and 20m wide. The floor of the pool is an inclined The figure shows a right circular cylinder. 0 is the centre and r is the radius of its top face. A chord AB
plane. The depth of water is 10m at one end and 2 mat the other. divides the area of the top face in the ratio 4 : 1 and subtends an angle a at 0. C is a point on the minor arc
(a) Find the volume of water in the pool in m3 • AB.
(b) Water in the pool is now pumped out through a pipe of internal radius 0.125m. Water flows in the pipe (a) (i) Find the area of the sector OACB in terms of rand a.
at a constant speed of 3mis. (ii) Find the area of the segment ACB in terms of rand a.
(i) Find the volume of water, in m3 , REMAINING in the pool when the depth of water is 8 m at the (iii) Show that sina=( ;0 -�)n. 0
C
deeper end. 1
(ii) Find the volume of water pumped out in 8 hours, correct to the nearest m3 . (iv) [Outofsyllabus]
(iii) Leth metres be the depth of water at the deeper end after 8 hours (see Figure (2)). Find the value (v) [Out of syllabus: The result a R:' 121 ° is obtained.] B
of h, correct to 1 decimal place . (b) The cylinder is cut along AB into 2 parts by a plane perpen­
dicular to its top face. Find the ratio of the curved surface
50m 50m
areas of the two parts in the form k : 1, where k > 1.
20m 20m
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A solid right circular cylinder has radius rand height h. The volume of the cylinder is V and the total surface
15B.9 HKCEE MA 1994 I - IO
area is S.
(a) (i) Express Sin terms of rand h. Figure (1) shows the longitudinal section of a right cylindrical water tank of base radius 2 m and height 3 m.
2V. The tank is filled with water to a depth of 1.5 m.
(ii) Show that S = 2nr2 +
(a) Express the volume of water in the tank in terms of n.
(b) If a solid sphere of radius 0.6 m is put into the tank and is completely submerged in water, the water
15B.7 HKCEEMA1991-l-11 level rises by h metres. Find h (see Figure (2)).

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Figure (1) shows a metal bucket. Its slant height AB is 60 cm. The diameter AD of the base is 40 cm and the (c) A solid sphere of radius rm is put into the tank and is just submerged in water (see Figure (3)).

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diameter BC of the open top is 80 cm. The curved smface of the bucket is formed by the tltin metal sheet (i) Show that 2r3 -12r+9 = 0.
ABB'A1 shown in Figure (2), where .ADA: and Jicii' are arcs of concentric circles with centre O. (ii) [Out of [Link]]
(a) Find OA and LAOA'.
(b) Find the area of the metal sheetABB'A', leaving your answer in terms of n.
(c) There is an ant at the point A on the outer curved surface of the bucket. Find the shortest distance for it 3m hmT
to crawl along the outer curved surface of the bucket to reach the point C. T
1.5m [Link] 0. _n{:
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60cm B' B

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lSB.10 HKCEE MA 1995 1 13 15B.12 HKCEEMA1997-1-12

A right cylindrical vessel of base radius 4 cm and height 11 cm is placed on a horizontal table. A right conical Figure (1) shows a greenhouse VABCD in the shape of a right pyramid with a square base of side 6 m. Mis
vessel of base radius 6cm and height 12 cm is placed, with its axis vertical, in the cylindrical vessel. The the mid-point of BC and VN is the height of the pyramid. Each of the triangular faces makes an angle 0 with
conical vessel is full of water and the cylindrical vessel is empty. Figure (1) shows the longitudinal sections the square base.
of the two vessels where A is the vertex of the conical vessel. (a) (i) Express VN and VMin terms of 0.
(a) Find, in terms of n, the volume of water in the conical vessel. (ii) Find the capacity and total surface area of the greenhouse (excluding the base) in terms of 0.
(b) The vertex A is d cm from the base of the cylindrical vessel. Use similar triangles to find d. (b) Figure (2) shows another greenhouse in the shape of a right cylinder with base radius rm and height
(c) Supposer water leaks out from the conical vessel through a small hole at the vertex A into the cylindrical h m. It is known that both the base areas and the capacities of the two greenhouses are equal.
vessel. {i) Express r in terms of :n:.
(i) Find, in terms of :n:, the volume of water that has leaked out when the water level in the cylindrical (ii) Express h in terms of 0.

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vessel reaches the vertex A. (iii) If the total surface areas of the two greenhouses (excluding the bases) are equal, show that
(ii) If 104ncm3 of water has leaked out and the water level in the cylindrical vessel is hem above the 3 + ./itan 0 = �e.
vertex A (see Figure (2)), show that h 3 -192h+672 = 0. cos
(iii) [Outofsyllahus] (iv) [Outofsyllabus]

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Figure (1) shows a paper cup in the form of a right circular cone of base radius 5 cm and height 12 cm.
(a) Find the capacity of the paper cup. lSB.13 HKCEE MA 1998 I
(b) If the paper cup is cut along the slant side AB and unfolded to become a sector as shown in Figure (2),
The figure shows a right prism , the cross-section of which is a trapezium. Fmd the volume of the prism.
find
(i) the area of the sector,
(ii) the angle of the sector.
1<-Scm--11
, �B 2cm

3cm 8cm
12cm + B
6cm

A A
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15B.14 HKCEE MA 1999 I 13 lSB.16 HKCEE MA 2004 I 14

In Figure (1), a piece of wood in the form of an inverted right circular cone is cut into two portions by a plane In the figure, a solid right circular cylinder of height h cm and volume V cm3
parallel to its base. The upper portion is a frustum with height IO cm, and the radii of the two parallel faces is inscribed in a thin hollow sphere of radius 12 cm.
n .
are 9 cm and 4cm respectively. The pen-stand shown in Figure (2) is made from the frustum by drilling a (a) Prove that V = 144nh- h'.
hole in the middle. The hole consists of a cylindrical upper part of radius 5 cm and a hemispherical lower 4
part of the same radius. The depth of the hole is 9 cm. (b) [Outofsyllobus] i hem

(a) Find, in terms of n, the capacity of the hole. (c) If the volume of the cylinder is 286n cm3 , find the exact height(s) of
the cylinder.
(b) Find, in terms of n, the volume of wood in the pen-stand.

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The figure shows a solid consisting of a right circular cone and a hemi­
10cm �- _ 9cmi _______ :; sphere with a common base. The height and the base radius of the cone
are h cm and (h-4) cm respectively. It is known that the volume of the
cone is equal to the volume of the hemisphere.
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(b) Find the total surface area of the solid correct to the nearest cm2• I

(c) If the solid is cut into two identical parts, find the increase in the
total surface area correct to the nearest cm2•
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(a) Figure (1) shows two vessels of the same height 24 cm, one in the form of a right circular cylinder of 15B.18 HKCEE MA 2009 I - 13
radius 6 cm and the other a right circular cone of radius 9 cm. The vessels are held vertically on two (a) The height and the base radius of an inverted right circular conical container are 1 8cm and 12cm
horizontal platforms, one of which is 5 cm higher than the other. To begin with, the cylinder is empty respectively.
and the cone is full of water. Water is then transferred into the cylinder from the cone until the water in (i) Find the capacity of the circular conical container in terms of n.
both vessels reaches the same horizontal level. Leth cm be the depth of water in the cylinder.
(ii) Figure (1) shows a frustum which is made by cutting off the lower part of the container. The height
(i) Show that h3 + 15h2 + 843h-13699 = 0.
of the frustum is 6 cm. Find the volume of the frustum in terms of n.
(ii) [Out of syllabus; the result h = 11.8 (co1: to 1 d.p.) is obtained.]
(b) Figure (2) shows a vessel which is held vertically. The vessel consists of two parts with a common base:
(b) Figure (2) shows a set up which is modified from the one in Figure ( 1). The lower part of the cone is cut the upper part is the frustum shown in Figure (1) and the lower part is a right circular cylinder of height
off and sealed to form a frustum of height 19 cm. The two vessels are then held vertically on the same 10cm. Some water is poured into the vessel. The vessel now contains 884ncm3 of water.
horizontal platform. To begin with, the cylinder is empty and the frustum is full of water. Water is then
(i) Find the depth of water in the vessel.
transferred into the cylinder from the frustwn until the water in both vessels reaches the same horizontal
level. Find the depth of water in the cylinder. (ii) If a piece of metal of volume I 00 0 cm3 is then put into the vessel and the metal is totally immersed
in the water, will the water overflow? Explain your answer.

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15B.19 HKCEE MA 2011 13 lSB.22 HKDSEMA2012-I 12

Figure (1) shows the thin paper sector OXYZ of area 2880nmm2. By joining OX and OZ together, OXYZ is Figure (1) shows a solid metal right circular cone of base radius 48 cm and height 96 cm.
folded to form an inverted right circular conical container as shown in Figure (2). (a) Find the volume of the circular cone in terms of n.
(a) Find the length of OX. (b) A hemispherical vessel of radius 60 cm is held vertically on a horizontal surface. The vessel is fully
(b) Find the height of the container. filled with milk.
(c) Suppose that the container is held vertically. If water of volume 150 cm 3 is poured into the container, (i) Find the volume of the milk in the vessel in terms of n.
will the water overflow? Explain your answer. (ii) The circular cone is now held vertically in the vessel as shown in Figure (2). A craftsman claims
y that the volume of the milk remaining in the vessel is greater than 0.3 m3 . Do you agree? Explain
your answer.

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The figure shows a solid consisting of a hemisphere of radius r cm joined to the Figure (1) Figure (2)
bottom of a right circular cone of height 12 cm and base radius r cm. It is given
that the volume of the circular cone is twice the volume of the hemisphere. 15B.23 HKDSE MA 2020 - I - 12
(a) Findr.
(b) Express the volume of the solid in terms of n. The height and the base radius of a solid right circular cone are 36 cm and 15 cm respectively. The
circular cone is divided into three parts by two planes which are parallel to its base. The heights of the
three parts are equal Express, in terms of ;r ,

(a) the volume ofthe middle part of the circular cone; (3 marks)

(b) the curved surface area of the middle part of the circular cone. (3 marks)

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In the figure, the volume of the solid right prism
ABCDEFGH is I020cro3 . The base ABCD of the prism
is a trapezium, where AD is parallel to BC. It is
given that LEAD= 90° , AB= 12cm, BC= 6cm and GI'-----'?"
DE= 10 cm. Find
(a) the length ofAD,
(b) the total surface area of the prismABCDEFGH.
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!SC Similar plane figures and solids 15C.4 HKCEEMA 1994-l-2(e)

15C.1 HKCEEMA 1981(1/2/3)-l-1 The ratio of the radii of two spheres is 2 : 3. Find the ratio of their volumes.
The capacities of two spherical tanks are in the ratio 27: 64. If 72 kg of paint is required to paint the outer
surface of the smaller tank, then how many kilograms of paint would be required to paint the outer surface
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of the bigger tank?
The ratio of the volumes of two similar solid circular cones is 8 : 27.
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(a) Find the ratio of the height of the smaller cone to the height of the larger cone.
Figure (1) shows a test-tube consisting of a hollow cylindrical tube joined to a hemisphere bowl of the same
radius. The height of the cylindrical tube is h cm and its radius is rem. The capacity of the tesHube is
108ncm3 • The capacity of the hemispherical part is � of the whole test-tube.
15C.6 HKCEE MA 2000 - I - 8
On a map of scale 1 : 5000, the area of the passenger terminal of the Hong Kong International Airport is
(a) (i) Find rand h.
220 cm2. What is the actual area, in m2, occupied by the terminal on the ground?
(ii) The test-tube is placed upright and water is poured into it until the water level is 4 cm beneath the
rim as shown in Figure {2). Find the volume of the water. (Leave your answer in tenns of n.)
(b) The water in the test-tube is poured into a right circular conical vessel placed upright as shown in Figure 15C.7 HKCEE MA 2002 - I - 6
(3). If the depth of water is half the height of the vessel, find the capacity of the vessel. (Leave your
answerin terms of n.) The radius of a circle is 8 cm. A new circle is fanned by increasing the radius by 10%.
(a) Find the area of the new circle in terms of n.
(b) Find the percentage increase in the area of the circle.

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The area ofa paper bookmark is A cm2 and its perimeter is Pcm. A is a function of P. It is known that A is the
rem sum of two parts, one part varies as P and the other part varies as the square of P. When P = 24, A= 36 and
when P= 18, A=9.
(a) Express A in tenns of P.
Figure (1) Figure (2) Figure (3) (b) (i) The best�selling paper bookmark has an area of 54cm2 • Find the perimeter of this bookmark.
(ii) The manufacturer of the bookmarks wants to produce a gold miniature similar in shape to the
15C.3 HKCEE MA !992- I- 12 best-selling paper bookmru:k. If the gold miniature has an area of 8 cm2, find its perimeter.

Figure (1) shows a vertical cross-section of a separating funnel with a small tap at its vertex. The funnel is
in the fonn of a right circular cone of base radius 9 cm and height 20 cm. It contains oil and water (which do 15C.9 HKCEE MA 2003 - I - I3 0
not mix) of depths 5 cm and 10 cm respectively, with the water at the bottom. Sector OCD is a thin metal sheet. The sheet ABCD is formed by cutting
(a) (i) Find the capacity of the separating funnel in terms of n. away sector OBA from sector OCD as shown in Figure (1). 56 cm r '<;..,/'\
(ii) Find the ratios volume of water: total volume of oil and water: capacity of the funnel. It is known that LCOD =X0 , AD =BC= 24cm, OA = OB =56cm /
Hence, or otherwise, find the ratios volume of water: volume of oil: capacity of the funnel. and ci5=30ncm.
B ,/ .A
(b) All the water in the funnel is drained through the tap into a glass tube of height 15 cm. The glass tube (a) (i) Findx. Z4cm
consists of a hollow cylindrical upper part of radius 3cm and a hollow hemispherical lower part of the (ii) Find, in teims of n, the area ofABCD.
same radius, as shown in Figure (2). Find the depth of the water in the glass tube. (b) Figure (2) shows another thin metal sheet EFGH whlch is similar C D
� 30n cm
(c) After all the water has been drained into the glass tube, find the depth of the oil remaining in the funnel. to ABCD. It is known that FG = 18 cm.
(i) Find, in terms of n, the area of EFGH. Figure (1)
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T (ii) By joining EH and FG together, EFGH is then folded to form a hollow frustum of base radius
Sem rem as shown in Figure (3). Find r.
+
t
Sem F E
15 cm !8em�
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In Figure (1), the frustum of height 8 cm is made by cutting off a right circular cone of base radius 3 cm from The figure shows an inverted right circular conical vessel which is held vertically. The height and the base
a solid right circular cone of base radius 6 cm. Figure (2) shows the solid X formed by fixing the frustum radius of the vessel are 24 cm and 18 cm respectively. The vessel contains some water and the depth of the
onto a solid hemisphere of radius 6 cm. The solid Y in Figure (3) is similar to X. The ratio of the surface water is 8 cm.
area of X to the surface area of Y is 4: 9. (a) Find the volume of water contained in the vessel in terms of n. 18cm
" ,, (b) (i) Find the area of the wet curved surface of the vessel in ...T-
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, , terms ofn.
(ii) Another inverted right circular conical vessel with height
36 cm and base radius 27 cm is held vertically. This bigger
vessel and the vessel shown in the figure contain the same
volume of water. Find the area of the wet curved surface
of the bigger vessel in terms of n.
8cm;

SolidX Solid Y
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Figure (I) Figure (2) Figure (3)
In Figure (1), sector OABC is a thin metal sheet. By joining OA and OC together, OABC is folded to form a
(a) Find the volume of X and the volume of Y. Give your answers in terms of n. right ciruclar cone X as shown in Figure (2). It is given that OA = 20cm.
(b) In Figure (4), the solid X' is formed by fixing a solid sphere of radius 1 cm onto the centre of the top
A C
circular surface of X while another solid Y' is formed by fixing a solid sphere of radius 2cm onto the
20cm
centre of the top circular surface of Y. Are X' and Y' similar? Explain your answer.

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B
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(a) Find the base radius and the height of X.

(b) Find the volume of X in terms of n.
(c) In Figure (3), sector PDEF is another thin metal sheet. By joining PD and PF together, PDEF is folded
to form another right circular cone Y as shown in Figure (4). It is given that PD= 10cm. Are X and Y
SolidX' Solid Y' similar? Explain your answer.
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10cm 108°

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lSC.13 IIKCEE MA 2010- I - 13 lSC.16 HKDSE MA 2014 I 14

In Figure ( 1), ABCDEF is a wooden block in the form of a right prism. It is given that AB = AC = 17 cm, The figure shows a vessel in the form of a frustum which is made by cutting off the lower part of an inverted
BC= 16cm and CD=20cm. right circular cone of base radius 72 cm and height 96cm. The height of the vessel is 60 cm. The vessel is
(a) Find the area of MBC. placed on a horizontal table. Some water is now poured into the vessel. John finds that the depth of water in
the vessel is 28 cm.
(b) Find the volume of the wooden blockABCDEF.
(c) The plane PQRS which is parallel to the face BCDF cuts the wooden block ABCDEF into two blocks (a) Find the area of the wet curved surface of
APQRES andBCQPSFDR as shown in Figure (2). It is given that PQ =4 cm. the vessel in tenns of n.
(i} Find the volume of the wooden blockAPQRES. (b) John claims that the volume of water in the
(ii) Are the wooden blocks APQRES and ABCDEF similar? Explain your answer. vessel is greater than O.l m3. Do you agree?
Explain your answer.
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An inverted right circular conical vessel contains some milk. The vessel is held vertically. The depth of milk
Figure (1) Figure (2) in the vessel is 12cm. Peter then pours 444n cm3 of milk into the vessel without [Link]. He now finds
B C B C that the depth of milk in the vessel is 16 cm.
(a) Express the final volume of milk in the vessel in terms of n.
(b) Peter claims that the final area of the wet curved surface of the vessel is at least 800 cm2 . Do you agree?
Explain your answer.

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Let $C be the cost of painting a can of surface area A m . It is given that C is the sum of two parts, one part
2 A solid metal right prism of base area 84 cm2 and height 20 cm is melted and recast into two similar solid
is a constant and the other part varies as A. When A= 2, C = 62; when A= 6, C = 74. right pyramids. The bases of the two pyramids are squares. The ratio of the base area of the smaller pyramid
to the base area of the larger pyramid is 4: 9.
(a) Find the cost of painting a can of surface area 13 m2•
(a) Find the volume of the larger pyramid.
(b) There is a larger can which is similar to the can described in (a). If the volume of the larger can is 8
times that of the can described in (a), find the cost of painting the larger can. (b) If the height of the larger pyramid is 12 cm, find the total swface area of the smaller pyramid.

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A right circular cylindrical container of base radius 8 cm and height 64cm and an inverted right circular
conical vessel of base radius 20cm and height 60 cm are held vertically. The container is fully filled with
ISC.15 HKDSE MA 2013 - I- 13 water. The water in the container is now poured into the vessel.
In a workshop, 2 identical solid metal right circular cylinders of base radius R cm are melted and recast into (a) Find the volume of water in the vessel in terms of n.
27 smaller identical solid right circular cylinders of base radius rem and height 10cm. It is given that the (b) Find the depth of water in the vessel.
base area of a larger circular cylinder is 9 times that of a smaller one. (c) If a solid metal sphere of radius 14cm is then put into the vessel and the sphere is totally immersed in
(a) Find the water, will the water overflow? Explain your ans wer.
(i) rcR,
(ii) the height of a larger circular cylinder. lSC.20 HKDSEMA 2019 I 9
(b) A craftsman claims that a smaller circular cylinder and a larger circular cylinder are similar. Do you
agree? Explain your answer. The sum of the volumes of two spheres is 324n cm3 . The radius of the larger sphere is equal to the diameter
of the smaller sphere. Express, in terms of n,
(a) the volume of the larger sphere;
(b) the sum of the surface areas of the two spheres.

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