Question

A cylinder of base radius rcm and height h cm is inscribed in a sphere of radius 6 cm, centre O
(a) Show that h^2 + 4r^2= 144.
(b) Find the largest possible volume of the cylinder. ​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

h=r√3

This is our optimized height. To find the optimized volume, we need to plug this into the volume function.