document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1181724>Question 1181724</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 17.	Find the volume of the largest right circular cylinder of altitude 8 in. that can be cut from a sphere of diameter 12 in. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "There largest right circular cylinder with height 8 that can be cut from a sphere with diameter 12 is the cylinder that can be inscribed in the sphere.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "For that cylinder, each base is 8/2 = 4 units from the center of the sphere.  Then, from the Pythagorean Theorem, with the radius of the sphere being 6, the radius of each base of the cylinder is 2*sqrt(5).<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "And then the volume of the cylinder is<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER: 160pi<br><BR>\n" );
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