Exercise 10.3
1. The base area of a cone is 38.5
Solution:
Base Area:
Volume:
Volume of cone = (1/3) × Base Area × Height
Height =
Height =
Height =
2. The volume of a cone is 462
Solution:
Volume:
Radius:
Volume of cone = (1/3)π
462 = (1/3) × 22 ×
462 = (
h =
h =
h =
3. Curved surface area of a cone is 308
(i) radius of the base (ii) Total surface area of the cone.
Solution:
Given
Curved Surface Area (CSA):
Slant Height (l):
(i) CSA = πrl
r =
r =
(ii) Total Surface Area (TSA) =
TSA = (22/7) × 7 × (14 + 7)
TSA =
TSA =
4. The cost of painting the total surface area of a cone at 25 paise per
Solution:
Cost of painting: ₹176 =
Rate:
TSA = 17600 / 25 =
Slant Height (l): 25 cm
TSA =
704 = (22/7) × r ×
704 -
r =
Height (h) = √
Volume = (1/3)π
5. From a circle of radius 15 cm., a sector with angle 216° is cut out and its bounding radii are bent so as to form a cone. Find its volume.
Solution:
Radius of circle:
Sector angle: 216°
Slant height of cone (l) = Radius of circle = 15 cm
Circumference of base of cone = (216/360) × 2π × 15 =
r =
Height (h) = √(
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Volume = 324 × 3.14159 ≈
6. The height of a tent is 9 m. Its base diameter is 24 m. What is its slant height? Find the cost of canvas cloth required if it costs 14 per sq.m.
Solution:
Height (h):
Diameter:
Slant height (l) =
CSA of tent = πrl = π ×
Cost of canvas = 180π × 14 = ₹
Cost = 2520 × 3.14159 ≈ ₹
7. The curved surface area of a cone is 1159 5/7
Solution:
Curved Surface Area (CSA) = 1159 5/7
Base Area = 254 4/7
Base Area = π
r =
CSA = πrl =
(22/7) ×
l = (8118/7) / ((22/7) × 9) = (8118/7) × (7/198) =
Height (h) = √(l^2 -
Volume = (1/3)π
Volume = (1/3) × (22/7) × 3240 =
8. A tent is cylindrical to a height of 4.8 m and conical above it. The radius of the base is 4.5 m and the total height of the tent is 10.8 m. Find the canvas required for the tent in square meters.
Solution:
Radius of base (r) =
Height of cylinder (h_cyl) =
Total height of tent =
Height of cone (h_cone) = 10.8 - 4.8 =
Slant height of cone (l) = √(
{}.m-tealCanvas required = Curved surface area of cylinder + Curved surface area of cone
Curved surface area of cylinder = 2πrh_cyl = 2 × π ×
Curved surface area of cone = πrl = π ×
Total canvas required = 43.2π + 33.75π =
Assuming π = 3.14, total canvas ≈ 76.95 ×
9. What length of tarpaulin 3 m wide will be required to make a conical tent of height 8m and base radius 6m? Assume that extra length of material that will be required for stitching margins and wastage in cutting is approximately 20 cm (use π = 3.14).
Solution:
Height of cone (h) =
Base radius of cone (r) =
Slant height of cone (l) = √(
Curved surface area of tent = πrl = π ×
Assuming π = 3.14, Curved surface area ≈ 60 ×
Width of tarpaulin =
Length of tarpaulin required = Area / Width =
Extra length for wastage = 20 cm =
Total length of tarpaulin required = 62.8 + 0.2 =
10. A Joker's cap is in the form of a right circular cone of base radius 7 cm and height 27 cm. Find the area of the sheet required to make 10 such caps.
Solution:
Radius (r) =
Height (h) =
Slant height (l) = √(
Area of sheet for one cap = πrl = π ×
Assuming π = 3.14, area of sheet for one cap ≈ 195.23 ×
Area of sheet for 10 caps = 10 ×
11. Water is pouring into a conical vessel of diameter 5.2 m and slant height 6.8 m (as shown in the adjoining figure), at the rate of 1.8

Solution:
Diameter = 5.2 m, so radius (r) = 5.2 / 2 =
Slant height (l) =
Height (h) = √(l^2 -
Volume of cone = (1/3)π
Assuming π = 3.14, volume of cone ≈ 14.14 ×
Rate of pouring =
Time to fill the vessel = Volume / Rate ≈
12. Two similar cones have volumes 12π cu. units and 96π cu. units. If the curved surface area of the smaller cone is 15π sq. units, what is the curved surface area of the larger one?
Solution:
V1 =
V2 =
A1 =
A2 = A1*(V2/V1)^(
A2 = 15π(8)^(
A2 = 15π*4 =