A cone has a height of #18 cm# and its base has a radius of #6 cm#. If the cone is horizontally cut into two segments #3 cm# from the base, what would the surface area of the bottom segment be?

1 Answer

200.9cm^2

Explanation:

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For Original larger cone

The radius of the cone =#R=6cm#

The height of the cone =#H=18cm#

The slant height of the cone

=#L=sqrt(H^2+R^2)=sqrt(18^2+6^2)=6sqrt10cm#

The surface area of larger cone

#A_b=pixxRxxL=pixx6xx6sqrt10=36sqrt10picm^2#

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For the smaller cone (cut off)

The height of the smaller cone =#h=(18-3)cm=15cm#

If the radius of the smaller cone be r ,then

#r/h=R/H=>r=h/HxxR=15/18xx6=5cm#

The slant height of the smaller cone

#=l=sqrt(h^2+r^2)=sqrt(15^2+5^2)=5sqrt10cm#

The Curved surface area of smaller cone

#A_s=pixxrxxl=pixx5xx5sqrt10=25sqrt10picm^2#

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The Curved surface area of the bottom segment

#A_b-A_s=(36sqrt10pi-25sqrt10pi)=11sqrt10picm^2=109.3cm^2#

The total area of two circular planes of the bottom portion is
#A_c=pi(r^2+R^2)=pixx(5^2+6^2)=191.6cm^2#

The Total surface area of the bottom segment
#A_"Total"=(109.3+191.6)cm^2=200.9cm^2#