Question

Find the volume of the figure: a cube with sides of length s with the biggest sphere that fits in it cut out.

Answer 1

Answer:

Volume of cube= a^3

=(2/√3)^3

=8/3√3 cubic units. (~1.5396 cubic units)

Step-by-step explanation:

Such a cube has diagonal lengths (DF, AG, EC & HB)=diameter of sphere=2 units.

Let the sides of the cube (FG, GC, CB, BF, etc.) be 'a'.

Hence facial diagonal of the cube (FC, BG, FH, etc.) will be √2a (Pythagoras' Theorem).

Applying Pythagoras' theorem for △DFC:

FC²+DC²=FD²

⇒(√2a)²+a²=2²

⇒3a²=4

⇒a=2/√3 units