document.write( "Question 622521: A square prism is inscribed in a cylinder. The prism has a height of 12 inches and the cylinder has a radius of 5 inches. What are the volumes of the prism and the cylinder? \n" ); document.write( "
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I assume that from above you just see the bases of the prism and the cylinder, looking like a square inscribed in a circle, like this:
\n" ); document.write( " The diameter of the circle is 10 inches, the length of the diagonal of the square.
\n" ); document.write( "Two sides of the square, of length x inches, form a right triangle with the diagonal for a hypotenuse, so
\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E2%2Bx%5E2=100\" --> \"2x%5E2=100\" --> \"x%5E2=50\" --> \"x=sqrt%2850%29=sqrt%2825%2A2%29=sqrt%2825%29%2Asqrt%282%29=5sqrt%282%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "The area of the circle (with radius 5) is \"pi%2A5%5E2=25pi\" square inches.
\n" ); document.write( "The area of the square is \"x%5E2=50\" square inches.
\n" ); document.write( "The height of the cylinder (with base area \"25pi\" square inches) is 12 inches, so the volume of the cylinder is
\n" ); document.write( "\"25pi%2A12=highlight%28300pi%29\" cubic inches.
\n" ); document.write( "The height of the prism (with base area 50 square inches) is 12 inches, so the volume of the cylinder is
\n" ); document.write( "\"50%2A12=600\" cubic inches.
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