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A right triangle whose hypotenuse is √18 m long is revolved about one of its legs to generate a right circular cone. Find the radius, height, and volume of the cone of greatest volume that can be made this way.
Consider a right triangle with hypotenuse
and length of other two sides
.
Let the triangle is revolved about the leg of length
.
The resulting cone has radius
and height
.
We have
.
The volume of the cone is
The volume is maximum when,
The maximum volume is
Radius is
and height
.