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What is the volume of the largest possible cylinder which will fit inside a sphere of radius 1m?


This is the picture to start with:

Call the radius and height of the cylinder r and h, and try to eliminate r or h from

V=Ï€r2h

It will help to consider this triangle:

Notice that the hypotenuse is a diameter of the sphere.


The solution can be given in the form

a2bb2Ï€

for prime numbers a,b. Give the value of ab.