11-4 Volume of Prisms and Cylinders

'olume is the space that a three-dimensional figure occupies. Since it is 3-D, it is measured in cubic units.

Cavalieri's Principle - If two 3-D figures have the same height and the same cross-sectional area at every
level, then they have the same volume.

The following prisms have the same height. Since the area of each cross section is 6 in2, by Cavalieri's
Principle, their volumes will be the same.

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necrest tenth.
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6. Find the volume of the right prism. (note: all anglesare right angles)

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11-~ Volume of Pyramids and Cones

The volume of a pyramid is one third the product of the area of the base and the height of the pyramid.

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3

Because of Cavalieri's Principle, the volume formula is true for all pyramids, including oblique pyramids. The
height of an oblique pyramid is the length of the perpendicular segment from the vertex to the plane of the
base.

The volume of a cone is one third the product of the area of the base and the height of the cone.

V = ~Bh, or V = ~"r2.1c This formula applies to all cones, Jluding oblique cones.

Examples: Find the volume of each of the following solids.

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11-6 Surface Areas and Volumes of Spheres I
A ~e 1('((,..: is the set of all points in space equidistant from a given point called the
e.eY\.te<" . A (0..0\ \ V':> is a segment that has one endpoint at the

center and the other endpoint on the sphere. A d\IAWl eJec is a segment passing
through the center with endpoints on the sphere.

When a plane and a sphere intersect in more than one point. the interseJion is a <,-'IV'C \e.
If the center of the circle is also the center of the sphere, the circle is called a ~V"eo....t
t \ fC\€.J . The circumference of a great circle is the C \( c..v M~e.\{'eV\c.e of the
sphere. A great circle divides a sphere into two bf.m~s p he 'f eS
Surface Area of a Sphere:

Volume of a Sphere:

Example 1: Find the surface area of a sphere whose diameter is 18 ft. f::. q
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Example 2: Find the surface area of a sphere where one of its great circles has an area of 3611" in2.
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Example 3: The circumference of a rubber ball is 13 cm. Find its surface area to the nearest
whole number. C. -=- ~f\\X' :.. \ ~ S l. I
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Example 5: The volume of a sphere is

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 More Practice

1. A 120 ° sector is cut out of a circular piece of tin with radius 6 in. and bent to form the lateral surface of

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3. A right rectangular container is 5 cm. wide and 1L cm. long ana contams water to a depth of 7ern. A
stone is placed in the water and the water rises 1.7cm. Find the volume of the stone.

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J. A cone-shaped tank with base diameter 10ft and altitude 8 ft is being filled 'W/1ith
water at the rate of 18
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5. A can of tennis balls contains three balls. Find the ratio of the volume of the ban to the volume of the
three balls.

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6. A spherical tank whose radius to the outer surface is 15 ft is made of steel .5 in thick. How many cubic
feet of steel are used in the construction of this tank? ' '
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stone that has a volume of 6 cm'' is placed in the water. By how much does the fater level rise? (Round
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9. Water runs into a right cylindrical tank at a rate of7 fe per minute. How long will it take to fill a tank
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11. Find the volume and surface aresof a hemisphere of radius 10.
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3
Therefore the ratio is 3 to 2
2. 3 cones (y = 128J2 n fr') 6. volume = 117.48 cubic feet
3. vol of stone = 102 cnr' 7. 0.1 em
4. Volume of cone = 662/3 n fe or 209.44 fr' 8.24"u lo4-'\\
Time to fill = 209.44 / 18 = 11.64 minutes or 9.129.25 minutes _
about 12 minutes 10. 51.2n minutes .or about 160.8 minutes
5. radius of ball = r 11. V ~ 2000/3 n u' ; jA ~ 300 n u'
radius of can is r and height of can is 6r
 11-7 Study Guide - Areas and Volumes of Similar Solids
Solids that have the same shape but different in size are said to be similar. You can tell rf two solids are similar
by comparing the ratios of corresponding linear measurements.

Determine if the two solids are similar. If so, give the similarity ratio.
1. ~ 2. Atd~

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4) Find the similarity ratio. 5/ ~

5) Find the ratio of their diameters. 5/3

6) Whatis the ratio of their base areas? (5~)'2.:::. ~
7) What is the ratio of their volumes? (§..'~ •
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8) If the lateral area ofthe little cone is 60 in2, find the lateral area of the big cone.
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9) If the volume of the big cone is 600 em', find the volume of the little cone.
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10) The ratio of the slant height of two pyramids is 2 to 5 and the surface area of the larger pyramid is .105 cm2. Find the
surface area of the smaller pyramid. J. 5 'X ,; 4- ;l. 0
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11) Two similar prisms have surface areas in a ratio of 9 to 16. If the volume of the smaller prism is 67.5 in', find the
volume of the larger prism. .;! 1. to -, • 5
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