2017 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 8
Problem
The region consisting of all points in three-dimensional space within units of line segment
has volume
. What is the length
?
Solution
Let the length be
. Then, we see that the region is just the union of the cylinder with central axis
and radius
and the two hemispheres connected to each face of the cylinder (also with radius
). Thus the volume is
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