A prism, bases of which are equilateral triangles, circumscribes a sphere of radius 6. What is the volume of the prism?

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koban [17]3 years ago

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Answer:

1296√3 cubic units

Step-by-step explanation:

The volume of the prism will be the product of its base area and its height. Since it circumscribes a sphere with diameter 12, that is the height of the prism.

The central cross section of the sphere is a circle of radius 6, and that will be the size of the incircle of the base. That is, the base will have an altitude of 3 times that incircle radius, and an edge length of 2√3 times that incircle radius. Hence the area of the triangular base is ...

B = (1/2)(6×2√3)(6×3) = 108√3 . . . . . square units

The volume of the prism is then ...

V = Bh = (108√3)(12) = 1296√3 . . . cubic units

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<em>Comment on the geometry</em>

The centroid of an equilateral triangle is also the incenter and the circumcenter. The distance of that center from any edge of the triangle is 1/3 the height of the triangle. So, for an inradius of 6, the triangle height is 3×6 = 18. The side length of an equilateral triangle is 2/√3 times the altitude, so is 12√3 units for this triangle.

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