Solid Cube Placed Within a Cylinder with Water
Source: 2015 AIME 2 Problem 9
March 26, 2015
geometry3D geometryAIME
Problem Statement
A cylindrical barrel with radius feet and height feet is full of water. A solid cube with side length feet is set into the barrel so that the diagonal of the cube is vertical. The volume of water thus displaced is cubic feet. Find .[asy]
import three; import solids;
size(5cm);
currentprojection=orthographic(1,-1/6,1/6);draw(surface(revolution((0,0,0),(-2,-2*sqrt(3),0)--(-2,-2*sqrt(3),-10),Z,0,360)),white,nolight);triple A =(8*sqrt(6)/3,0,8*sqrt(3)/3), B = (-4*sqrt(6)/3,4*sqrt(2),8*sqrt(3)/3), C = (-4*sqrt(6)/3,-4*sqrt(2),8*sqrt(3)/3), X = (0,0,-2*sqrt(2));draw(X--X+A--X+A+B--X+A+B+C);
draw(X--X+B--X+A+B);
draw(X--X+C--X+A+C--X+A+B+C);
draw(X+A--X+A+C);
draw(X+C--X+C+B--X+A+B+C,linetype("2 4"));
draw(X+B--X+C+B,linetype("2 4"));draw(surface(revolution((0,0,0),(-2,-2*sqrt(3),0)--(-2,-2*sqrt(3),-10),Z,0,240)),white,nolight);
draw((-2,-2*sqrt(3),0)..(4,0,0)..(-2,2*sqrt(3),0));
draw((-4*cos(atan(5)),-4*sin(atan(5)),0)--(-4*cos(atan(5)),-4*sin(atan(5)),-10)..(4,0,-10)..(4*cos(atan(5)),4*sin(atan(5)),-10)--(4*cos(atan(5)),4*sin(atan(5)),0));
draw((-2,-2*sqrt(3),0)..(-4,0,0)..(-2,2*sqrt(3),0),linetype("2 4"));
[/asy]