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NCERT Solutions: Class 10 Maths Chapter 12 - Surface Areas and Volumes

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1Exercise 12.19 questions
Q.12 cubes each of volume 64 cm$^3$ are joined end to end. Find the surface area of the resulting cuboid.v
Solution

Each cube has side $\sqrt[3]{64}=4$ cm. Joining two cubes end to end forms a cuboid of dimensions $8\text{ cm}\times4\text{ cm}\times4\text{ cm}$. Surface area $=2(lb+bh+hl)=2(8\times4+4\times4+8\times4)=160$ cm$^2$.

Answer:

The surface area of the resulting cuboid is $160$ cm$^2$.

Q.2A vessel is in the form of a hollow hemisphere mounted by a hollow cylinder. The diameter of the hemisphere is 14 cm and the total height of the vessel is 13 cm. Find the inner surface area of the vessel.v
Solution

Radius $r=7$ cm. The cylinder height is $13-7=6$ cm. Inner surface area $=$ CSA of cylinder $+$ CSA of hemisphere $=2\pi rh+2\pi r^2=2\times\dfrac{22}{7}\times7\times6+2\times\dfrac{22}{7}\times7^2=264+308=572$ cm$^2$.

Answer:

The inner surface area of the vessel is $572$ cm$^2$.

Q.3A toy is in the form of a cone of radius 3.5 cm mounted on a hemisphere of same radius. The total height of the toy is 15.5 cm. Find the total surface area of the toy.v
Solution

The cone height is $15.5-3.5=12$ cm and its slant height is $l=\sqrt{12^2+3.5^2}=12.5$ cm. Total surface area $=$ CSA of cone $+$ CSA of hemisphere $=\pi rl+2\pi r^2=\dfrac{22}{7}\times3.5\times12.5+2\times\dfrac{22}{7}\times3.5^2=137.5+77=214.5$ cm$^2$.

Answer:

The total surface area of the toy is $214.5$ cm$^2$.

Q.4A cubical block of side 7 cm is surmounted by a hemisphere. What is the greatest diameter the hemisphere can have? Find the surface area of the solid.v
Solution

The hemisphere must fit on the top face of the cube, so its greatest diameter is 7 cm and $r=3.5$ cm. Surface area $=$ TSA of cube $-$ circular base area $+$ CSA of hemisphere $=6\times7^2-\pi r^2+2\pi r^2=294+\dfrac{22}{7}\times3.5^2=332.5$ cm$^2$.

Answer:

The greatest diameter is 7 cm, and the surface area of the solid is $332.5$ cm$^2$.

Q.5A hemispherical depression is cut out from one face of a cubical wooden block such that the diameter $l$ of the hemisphere is equal to the edge of the cube. Determine the surface area of the remaining solid.v
Solution

The cube has edge $l$, so its surface area is $6l^2$. A circular area of radius $l/2$ is removed from one face, but the curved surface of the hemispherical depression is added. Therefore area $=6l^2-\pi(l/2)^2+2\pi(l/2)^2=6l^2+\dfrac{\pi l^2}{4}=\left(6+\dfrac{\pi}{4}\right)l^2$.

Answer:

The surface area of the remaining solid is $\left(6+\dfrac{\pi}{4}\right)l^2$ square units.

Q.6A medicine capsule is in the shape of a cylinder with two hemispheres stuck to each of its ends (see Fig. 12.10). The length of the entire capsule is 14 mm and the diameter of the capsule is 5 mm. Find its surface area.v
Solution

Radius $r=2.5$ mm. The two hemispheres together form a sphere, and the cylindrical part has height $14-5=9$ mm. Surface area $=2\pi rh+4\pi r^2=2\times\dfrac{22}{7}\times2.5\times9+4\times\dfrac{22}{7}\times2.5^2=220$ mm$^2$.

Answer:

The surface area of the capsule is $220$ mm$^2$.

Q.7A tent is in the shape of a cylinder surmounted by a conical top. If the height and diameter of the cylindrical part are 2.1 m and 4 m respectively, and the slant height of the top is 2.8 m, find the area of the canvas used for making the tent. Also, find the cost of the canvas of the tent at the rate of $₹500$ per m$^2$. (Note that the base of the tent will not be covered with canvas.)v
Solution

Radius $r=2$ m. Canvas area $=$ CSA of cylinder $+$ CSA of cone $=2\pi rh+\pi rl=2\times\dfrac{22}{7}\times2\times2.1+\dfrac{22}{7}\times2\times2.8=26.4+17.6=44$ m$^2$. Cost $=44\times500=₹22000$.

Answer:

The canvas area is $44$ m$^2$, and the cost is $₹22000$.

Q.8From a solid cylinder whose height is 2.4 cm and diameter 1.4 cm, a conical cavity of the same height and same diameter is hollowed out. Find the total surface area of the remaining solid to the nearest cm$^2$.v
Solution

Here $r=0.7$ cm and $h=2.4$ cm. The cone slant height is $l=\sqrt{0.7^2+2.4^2}=2.5$ cm. Total surface area $=$ outer CSA of cylinder $+$ base of cylinder $+$ inner CSA of cone $=2\pi rh+\pi r^2+\pi rl$. Using $\pi=\dfrac{22}{7}$, this is $10.56+1.54+5.5=17.6$ cm$^2$, which rounds to $18$ cm$^2$.

Answer:

The total surface area of the remaining solid is approximately $18$ cm$^2$.

Q.9A wooden article was made by scooping out a hemisphere from each end of a solid cylinder, as shown in Fig. 12.11. If the height of the cylinder is 10 cm, and its base is of radius 3.5 cm, find the total surface area of the article.v
Solution

The exposed area is the curved surface of the cylinder plus the curved surfaces of two hemispherical hollows. Thus TSA $=2\pi rh+2(2\pi r^2)=2\times\dfrac{22}{7}\times3.5\times10+4\times\dfrac{22}{7}\times3.5^2=220+154=374$ cm$^2$.

Answer:

The total surface area of the article is $374$ cm$^2$.

2Exercise 12.28 questions
Q.1A solid is in the shape of a cone standing on a hemisphere with both their radii being equal to 1 cm and the height of the cone is equal to its radius. Find the volume of the solid in terms of $\pi$.v
Solution

Volume $=$ volume of hemisphere $+$ volume of cone $=\dfrac{2}{3}\pi r^3+\dfrac{1}{3}\pi r^2h$. With $r=1$ cm and $h=1$ cm, volume $=\dfrac{2}{3}\pi+\dfrac{1}{3}\pi=\pi$ cm$^3$.

Answer:

The volume of the solid is $\pi$ cm$^3$.

Q.2Rachel, an engineering student, was asked to make a model shaped like a cylinder with two cones attached at its two ends by using a thin aluminium sheet. The diameter of the model is 3 cm and its length is 12 cm. If each cone has a height of 2 cm, find the volume of air contained in the model that Rachel made. (Assume the outer and inner dimensions of the model to be nearly the same.)v
Solution

Radius $r=1.5$ cm. Since each cone has height 2 cm, the cylinder height is $12-2-2=8$ cm. Volume $=\pi r^2h+2\left(\dfrac13\pi r^2\times2\right)=\dfrac{22}{7}\times1.5^2\times8+2\times\dfrac13\times\dfrac{22}{7}\times1.5^2\times2=66$ cm$^3$.

Answer:

The volume of air contained in the model is $66$ cm$^3$.

Q.3A gulab jamun, contains sugar syrup up to about 30% of its volume. Find approximately how much syrup would be found in 45 gulab jamuns, each shaped like a cylinder with two hemispherical ends with length 5 cm and diameter 2.8 cm (see Fig. 12.15).v
Solution

Radius $r=1.4$ cm. The two hemispherical ends make one sphere of diameter 2.8 cm, so the cylindrical length is $5-2.8=2.2$ cm. Volume of one gulab jamun $=\pi r^2h+\dfrac43\pi r^3=\dfrac{22}{7}\times1.4^2\times2.2+\dfrac43\times\dfrac{22}{7}\times1.4^3=25.0507$ cm$^3$ approximately. Syrup in 45 pieces $=45\times30\%\times25.0507=338.18$ cm$^3$ approximately.

Answer:

Approximately $338.18$ cm$^3$ of syrup would be found in 45 gulab jamuns.

Q.4A pen stand made of wood is in the shape of a cuboid with four conical depressions to hold pens. The dimensions of the cuboid are 15 cm by 10 cm by 3.5 cm. The radius of each of the depressions is 0.5 cm and the depth is 1.4 cm. Find the volume of wood in the entire stand (see Fig. 12.16).v
Solution

Volume of cuboid $=15\times10\times3.5=525$ cm$^3$. Volume of one conical depression $=\dfrac13\pi r^2h=\dfrac13\times\dfrac{22}{7}\times0.5^2\times1.4=0.3667$ cm$^3$. Four depressions remove $4\times0.3667=1.4667$ cm$^3$. Volume of wood $=525-1.4667=523.53$ cm$^3$ approximately.

Answer:

The volume of wood in the pen stand is approximately $523.53$ cm$^3$.

Q.5A vessel is in the form of an inverted cone. Its height is 8 cm and the radius of its top, which is open, is 5 cm. It is filled with water up to the brim. When lead shots, each of which is a sphere of radius 0.5 cm are dropped into the vessel, one-fourth of the water flows out. Find the number of lead shots dropped in the vessel.v
Solution

Volume of the cone $=\dfrac13\pi r^2h=\dfrac13\pi\times5^2\times8=\dfrac{200\pi}{3}$ cm$^3$. One-fourth flows out, so displaced volume $=\dfrac{50\pi}{3}$ cm$^3$. Volume of one lead shot $=\dfrac43\pi(0.5)^3=\dfrac{\pi}{6}$ cm$^3$. Number of shots $=\dfrac{50\pi/3}{\pi/6}=100$.

Answer:

The number of lead shots dropped is $100$.

Q.6A solid iron pole consists of a cylinder of height 220 cm and base diameter 24 cm, which is surmounted by another cylinder of height 60 cm and radius 8 cm. Find the mass of the pole, given that 1 cm$^3$ of iron has approximately 8g mass. (Use $\pi = 3.14$)v
Solution

The lower cylinder has radius 12 cm and height 220 cm; the upper cylinder has radius 8 cm and height 60 cm. Total volume $=3.14\times12^2\times220+3.14\times8^2\times60=111532.8$ cm$^3$. Mass $=111532.8\times8=892262.4$ g $=892.2624$ kg, approximately $892.26$ kg.

Answer:

The mass of the pole is approximately $892.26$ kg.

Q.7A solid consisting of a right circular cone of height 120 cm and radius 60 cm standing on a hemisphere of radius 60 cm is placed upright in a right circular cylinder full of water such that it touches the bottom. Find the volume of water left in the cylinder, if the radius of the cylinder is 60 cm and its height is 180 cm.v
Solution

Volume of cylinder $=\pi\times60^2\times180=648000\pi$ cm$^3$. Volume of cone $=\dfrac13\pi\times60^2\times120=144000\pi$ cm$^3$. Volume of hemisphere $=\dfrac23\pi\times60^3=144000\pi$ cm$^3$. Water left $=648000\pi-288000\pi=360000\pi=\dfrac{7920000}{7}$ cm$^3$.

Answer:

The volume of water left is $\dfrac{7920000}{7}$ cm$^3$ or approximately $1131428.57$ cm$^3$.

Q.8A spherical glass vessel has a cylindrical neck 8 cm long, 2 cm in diameter; the diameter of the spherical part is 8.5 cm. By measuring the amount of water it holds, a child finds its volume to be 345 cm$^3$. Check whether she is correct, taking the above as the inside measurements, and $\pi = 3.14$.v
Solution

For the spherical part, $r=4.25$ cm. Volume $=\dfrac43\times3.14\times4.25^3=321.39$ cm$^3$ approximately. The neck is a cylinder of radius 1 cm and height 8 cm, so its volume $=3.14\times1^2\times8=25.12$ cm$^3$. Total capacity $=321.39+25.12=346.51$ cm$^3$, which is close to $345$ cm$^3$.

Answer:

The calculated capacity is approximately $346.51$ cm$^3$, so the child's measurement of $345$ cm$^3$ is approximately correct.