Difference between revisions of "2021 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 6"

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The following problem is from both the 2021 AMC 10B #10 and 2021 AMC 12B #6, so both problems redirect to this page.

Problem

An inverted cone with base radius $12 \mathrm{cm}$ and height $18 \mathrm{cm}$ is full of water. The water is poured into a tall cylinder whose horizontal base has radius of $24 \mathrm{cm}$ . What is the height in centimeters of the water in the cylinder?

$\textbf{(A)} ~1.5 \qquad\textbf{(B)} ~3 \qquad\textbf{(C)} ~4 \qquad\textbf{(D)} ~4.5 \qquad\textbf{(E)} ~6$

Solution 1

The volume of a cone is $\frac{1}{3} \cdot\pi \cdot r^2 \cdot h$ where $r$ is the base radius and $h$ is the height. The water completely fills up the cone so the volume of the water is $\frac{1}{3}\cdot18\cdot144\pi = 6\cdot144\pi$ .

The volume of a cylinder is $\pi \cdot r^2 \cdot h$ so the volume of the water in the cylinder would be $24\cdot24\cdot\pi\cdot h$ .

We can equate these two expressions because the water volume stays the same like this $24\cdot24\cdot\pi\cdot h = 6\cdot144\pi$ . We get $4h = 6$ and $h=\frac{6}{4}$ .

So the answer is $\boxed{\textbf{(A)} ~1.5}.$

~abhinavg0627

Solution 2

The water completely fills up the cone. For now, assume the radius of both cone and cylinder are the same. Then the cone has $\frac{1}{3}$ of the volume of the cylinder, and so the height is divided by $3$ . Then, from the problem statement, the radius is doubled, meaning the area of the base is quadrupled (since $2^2 = 4$ ).

Therefore, the height is divided by $3$ and divided by $4$ , which is $18 \div 3 \div 4 = \boxed{\textbf{(A)} ~1.5}.$

~PureSwag

Video Solution by Punxsutawney Phil

https://youtube.com/watch?v=qpvS2PVkI8A&t=509s

Video Solution by OmegaLearn (3D Geometry - Cones and Cylinders)

https://youtu.be/4JhZLAORb8c

~ pi_is_3.14

Video Solution by Hawk Math

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzwxbsuSQ80

Video Solution by TheBeautyofMath

https://youtu.be/GYpAm8v1h-U?t=1068 (for AMC 10B)

https://youtu.be/kuZXQYHycdk (for AMC 12B)

~IceMatrix

Video Solution by Interstigation

https://youtu.be/DvpN56Ob6Zw?t=897

~Interstigation

Video Solution (Under 2 min!)

https://youtu.be/6O32bUIvNEo

~Education, the Study of Everything

2021 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources)
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All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions

2021 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources)
Preceded by Problem 9	Followed by Problem 11
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25
All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions

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-The 2021 AMC 12B will be held on February 10th, 2021. The problems will not be made public until 24 hours after that.
+{{duplicate|[[2021 AMC 10B Problems#Problem 10|2021 AMC 10B #10]] and [[2021 AMC 12B Problems#Problem 6|2021 AMC 12B #6]]}}
+==Problem==
+An inverted cone with base radius <math>12  \mathrm{cm}</math> and height <math>18  \mathrm{cm}</math> is full of water. The water is poured into a tall cylinder whose horizontal base has radius of <math>24  \mathrm{cm}</math>. What is the height in centimeters of the water in the cylinder?
+<math>\textbf{(A)} ~1.5 \qquad\textbf{(B)} ~3 \qquad\textbf{(C)} ~4 \qquad\textbf{(D)} ~4.5 \qquad\textbf{(E)} ~6</math>
+==Solution 1==
+The volume of a cone is <math>\frac{1}{3} \cdot\pi \cdot r^2 \cdot h</math> where <math>r</math> is the base radius and <math>h</math> is the height. The water completely fills up the cone so the volume of the water is <math>\frac{1}{3}\cdot18\cdot144\pi = 6\cdot144\pi</math>.
+The volume of a cylinder is <math>\pi \cdot r^2 \cdot h</math> so the volume of the water in the cylinder would be <math>24\cdot24\cdot\pi\cdot h</math>.
+We can equate these two expressions because the water volume stays the same like this <math>24\cdot24\cdot\pi\cdot h = 6\cdot144\pi</math>. We get <math>4h = 6</math> and <math>h=\frac{6}{4}</math>.
+So the answer is <math>\boxed{\textbf{(A)} ~1.5}.</math>
+~abhinavg0627
+==Solution 2==
+The water completely fills up the cone. For now, assume the radius of both cone and cylinder are the same. Then the cone has <math>\frac{1}{3}</math> of the volume of the cylinder, and so the height is divided by <math>3</math>. Then, from the problem statement, the radius is doubled, meaning the area of the base is quadrupled (since <math>2^2 = 4</math>).
+Therefore, the height is divided by <math>3</math> and divided by <math>4</math>, which is <math>18 \div 3 \div 4 = \boxed{\textbf{(A)} ~1.5}.</math>
+~PureSwag
+==Video Solution by Punxsutawney Phil==
+https://youtube.com/watch?v=qpvS2PVkI8A&t=509s
+== Video Solution by OmegaLearn (3D Geometry - Cones and Cylinders) ==
+https://youtu.be/4JhZLAORb8c
+~ pi_is_3.14
+==Video Solution by Hawk Math==
+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzwxbsuSQ80
+==Video Solution by TheBeautyofMath==
+https://youtu.be/GYpAm8v1h-U?t=1068 (for AMC 10B)
+https://youtu.be/kuZXQYHycdk (for AMC 12B)
+~IceMatrix
+==Video Solution by Interstigation==
+https://youtu.be/DvpN56Ob6Zw?t=897
+~Interstigation
+==Video Solution (Under 2 min!)==
+https://youtu.be/6O32bUIvNEo
+~Education, the Study of Everything
+==See Also==
+{{AMC12 box|year=2021|ab=B|num-b=5|num-a=7}}
+{{AMC10 box|year=2021|ab=B|num-b=9|num-a=11}}
+{{MAA Notice}}

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