1998 AHSME Problems/Problem 18
Problem
A right circular cone of volume , a right circular cylinder of volume , and a sphere of volume all have the same radius, and the common height of the cone and the cylinder is equal to the diameter of the sphere. Then
Solution
Using the radius the three volumes can be computed as follows:
Clearly, the correct answer is .
The other linear combinations are obviously non-zero, and the left hand side of evaluates to which is negative. Thus is indeed the only correct answer.
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