SOLUTION: Find the total area of the frustum of a regular square pyramid which is inscribed in the frustum of a cone whose upper and lower base diameters are 11 ft and 15 ft respectively,

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Question 1194401: Find the total area of the frustum of a regular square pyramid which is inscribed
in the frustum of a cone whose upper and lower base diameters are 11 ft and 15 ft
respectively, and whose altitude is 19 ft.

Answer by ikleyn(52778)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Find the total area of the frustum of a regular square pyramid which is inscribed
in the frustum of a cone whose upper and lower base diameters are 11 ft and 15 ft
respectively, and whose altitude is 19 ft.
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Use the formula for the volume of a regular pyramidal frustum

    V = ,


where h is the height,    and    are the base areas

(see this source https://mathworld.wolfram.com/PyramidalFrustum.html) .


In your case, the bases are the squares with their diagonals 11 ft and 15 ft.


Their areas are   square feet  and   square feet, respectively;
h = 19 ft.  Therefore, the volume of the frustum is


    V =  =  = 

      =  =  =  = 1618.167  cubic feet  (rounded).


ANSWER.  The volume is   = 1618.167  cubic feet  (rounded).

Solved.



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