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In mathematics, the volume of a solid is defined as the area it occupies or contains. To convert a shape into another shape, we have to determine the total volume of the solid. When the shape is converted into a solid, its total volume is the same. The solid is generally heated to transform it into the desired shape.
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Conversion of Solids
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Solids can have a similar volume even if their shapes differ. For example, if you melt one big cylindrical candle into ten smaller ones, the combined volume of the smaller candles will equal the larger candle. No matter what form the solid is converted to, its volume will remain the same. The radius of small balls formed from melting a large iron cube would vary. Their total volume remains the same.
Despite the varying shape of a solid, the volume of a solid remains constant when it is transformed into another solid shape. The volume remains the same:
- During the process of changing solids from one form to another
- A liquid is poured from one container to another
Examples- Using moulding clay, a cone of height 24 cm and radius 6 cm is constructed. In the shape of a sphere, the child reshapes it. Calculate the radius of the sphere
- The volume of the cone = Volume of the sphere
- 1313πr2hπr2h = 4343 πr3hπr3h, where r = 6 cm; h = 24 cm
- r = 6 cm
Points To Remember
- Our daily lives are filled with solids of various sizes. Solids can take on a specific shape even if they didn't previously exist there.
- Solid shapes, however, have a constant volume. It provides an explanation of what solid conversion from one shape to another is, examples, proofs, and examples of problems based on it.
- The volume of a solid shape remains unchanged no matter how different it is from the original.
- In order to convert one solid shape into another, you just need to remember that the volume of both solids remains the same.
- It is possible that each solid that has been moulded into a particular shape did not exist in that form before.
Sample Questions
Ques. An open plastic drum of height 63 cm with radii of lower and upper ends as 15 cm and 25 cm respectively is filled with Milk. Find the cost of milk which can completely fill the bucket at Rs. 45 per litre. Also find the surface area of the drum, if it needs to be coloured with at the rate of 50 ps/sq cm. (5 marks)
Ans. A plastic drum resembles a frustum of a cone. The Height (h) of the drum=63 cm. Upper Radius (R) of the drum = 25 cm. Lower Radius (r) of the drum= 15 cm. Using the formula for the volume of the frustum of the cone the Volume (V) of the drum shall be: 1/3πH (R2 + Rr + r2)
= 1/3 × 22/7 × 63(252 + 25×15 +152)
= 66 (625 + 375 + 225)
= 80,850 cm3
= 80 L 850 ml
One litre of milk costs Rs 45, and 80 L & 850 ml shall cost = 80.850×45 = Rs 3,638.25
The Drum stores milk of cost = Rs 3,638.25. Total Surface Area of the Drum = π l (R+r) + πR2 + πr2
l =√H2 +(R-r)2
l = 632 + (25-15) 2
= √3969+100
= 63.79 cm
Using the formula πl (R+r) +πR2 +πr2
=22/7 × 63.79 (25+15) + 22/7 (25)2 + 22/7(15)2
= 22/7 × 63.79 × 40 + 22/7 × 625 + 22/7 × 225
= 22/7[2551.6+625+225] = 10,690.74 cm2
Cost of painting per sq cm is 50 ps.
So for 10,690.74 sq cm the cost of painting shall be 10,690.74 × 50 = Rs 5,345 approximately.
Ques. A copper rod with a diameter 1 cm and length 8 cm is drawn into a wire of length 18m of uniform thickness. Determine the thickness of the wire. (3 marks)
Ans. Given that, Copper rod diameter = 1 cm.
Length of the copper rod = 8 cm
Length of new wire = 18 m = 18 × 100 = 1800 cm.
We know that the rod should be in the cylindrical shape.
Hence, the volume of the rod = π × (½)2 × 8
= 2π cm3
Therefore, the volume of the copper rod = 2π cm3
If “r” is the radius of cross-section of the wire, then the volume of the wire is given as:
The volume of the wire = π × r2 × 1800
Since the volume of the copper rod and the volume of the new wire should be equal, then we can write
⇒ π × r2 × 1800 = 2π
⇒ r2 = 2π/1800π
⇒ r2 = 1/900
⇒ r = 1/30
Hence, the thickness of the wire should be the diameter of the cross-section of the new wire.
Thickness = (1/30) x 2 = 1/15 cm.
Thus, the thickness of wire is approximately equal to 0.067 cm
Ques. How many cylindrical candles, 1.75 cm in diameter and of thickness 2 mm, must be melted to form a cuboid candle of dimensions 5.5 cm × 10 cm × 3.5 cm? (2 marks)
Ans. Radius of cylindrical candle = 1.75/2 = 0.875 cm
Volume of one cylindrical candle = πr2h = π x (0.875)2 x (0.02) cm3
= π x 0.0153125 = 0.048125 cm3
Volume of cuboid candle = 5.5 x 10 x 3.5 = 192.5 cm3
Thus, number of cylindrical candles = Volume of cuboid candle/Volume of one cylindrical candle
= 192.5/0.048125 = 4000
Ques. An iron ball of radius 21 cm is melted and recast into 27 spherical balls of the same radius. Find the radius of each spherical ball. (2 marks)
Ans. Volume of the iron ball = (4/3) πr3 = (4/3) x (22/7 )x 21 x 21 x 21 = 38,808 cm3
Let us assume that the radius of the smaller balls is r.
So volume of 27 smaller balls = 27 x (4/3) πr3 = 36πr3
Thus we have, the volume of the big iron ball = volume of 27 smaller balls
⇒38,808 cm3 = 36πr3
⇒ r3 = 343 cm3
So r = 7 cm
Therefore, the radius of each spherical ball is 7 cm.
Ques. A metallic sphere of radius 10.5 cm is melted and then recast into smaller cones, each of radius 3.5 cm and height 3 cm. How many cones are obtained? (4 marks)
Ans. Radius of the sphere = \(= \frac{21}{2}\) cm.
Volume of the sphere \(\frac{4}{3} \pi r^3 = (\frac{4}{3}\pi \times \frac{21}{2}\times \frac{21}{2}\times \frac{21}{2})\) cm³.
\((\frac{3087 \pi}{2})\)cm³.
Radius of each \(=\frac{7}{2}\) cone cm and its height = 3 cm.
Volume of each cone \(\frac{1}{3} \pi r^2 h = (\frac{1}{3} \pi \times \frac{7}{2} \times \frac{7}{2}\times 3)\) cm³.
= \((\frac{49 \pi}{4})\)cm³.
Required number of cones \(= \frac{\text{volume of the sphere}}{\text {volume of each cone}}\)
= \((\frac{3087 \pi}{2} \times \frac{4}{49 \pi})\) = 126.
Ques. The internal and external radii of a hollow sphere are 3 cm and 5 cm respectively. The sphere is melted to form a solid cylinder of height \(2 \frac{2}{3}\) cm. Find the diameter and the curved surface area of the cylinder. (3 marks)
Ans. External radius of the sphere = 5 cm.
Internal radius of the sphere = 3 cm.
Volume of metal in the hollow sphere\(\frac{4}{3} \pi (R^3 - r^3) = \frac{4}{3} \pi \times [(5)^3 - (3)^3] =(\frac{392 \pi}{3})\) cm3.
Let the radius of the solid cylinder be r cm.
Height of the solid cylinder = \(\frac{8}{3}\) cm.
Volume of the solid cylinder= \((\pi r^2 h) = (\pi r^2 \times \frac{8}{3}) \text{cm}^3= (\frac{8 \pi r^2}{3})\) cm³.
Volume of cylinder = Volume of metal in hollow sphere.
∴ \(\frac{8 \pi r^2}{3} \times \frac{392 \pi}{3}\)⇒ r2 = 49 ⇒ r = 7.
Hence, the diameter of the cylinder formed (2 x 7) cm = 14 cm.
Curved surface area of the cylinder
\(2 \pi r h = (2 \times \frac{22}{7} \times 7 \times \frac{8}{3})\)cm² = \(\frac{352}{3}\)cm² \(117 \frac{1}{3}\) cm².
Ques. A well, whose diameter is 7m, has been dug 22.5 m deep and the earth dugout is used to form an embankment around it. If the height of the embankment is 1.5m, find the width of the embankment. (5 marks)
Ans: Radius of the well = \(\frac{7}{2}\) m m.
Depth of the well 22.5 m.
∴ Volume of the earth dugout = \pi \times (3.5) \times 22.5 m3
\(= \pi \times \frac{7}{2} \times \frac{7}{2} \times \frac{45}{2}\)m3.
Let the width of the embankment be r metres.
Embankment forms a cylindrical shell whose inner and outer radii are 3.5 m and (r + 3.5) m respectively and height 1.5 m.
∴ Volume of the embankment = \(\pi\)[(r + 3.5)2 – (3.5)2] x 1.5 m3
=\(\pi\)r(r +7) x \(\frac{3}{2}\)m3.
But, Volume of the embankment Volume of the earth dugout
=\(\pi\)r(r +7) x \(\frac{3}{2} =\pi \times \frac{7}{2} \times \frac{7}{2}\times \frac{45}{2}\)
⇒ \(\pi\)r(r +7) = \(\frac{49}{4} \times 15\)
⇒ 4r2 + 28r = 735
⇒4r2 + 28r – 735 = 0
⇒ \(r = {-28 \pm \sqrt{784 +11760} \over 8} \)
⇒ \(r = {-28 \pm \sqrt{12544} \over 8}\) =\({-28 \pm {112} \over 2a}\) = \(\frac{84}{5}\) = 10.5. [r > 0]
Hence, the width of the embankment is 10.5 m.
Ques. A solid sphere of radius r is the melted and cast into the shape of a solid cone of height r, find the radius of the base of the cone. (2 marks)
Ans- Volume of a solid sphere of radius r = Volume of cone of base and height r
⇒ \(\frac{4}{3} \pi r^3 = {1 \over 3} \pi r^2_1(r)\)
⇒ 4r2 = r21
⇒ r = 2r
Thus, the radius of the base of the cone is 2r.
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