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Timc150
Dec15-03, 07:59 PM
The question goes like this!! Take a sphere of radius R and insert a cone w/ max volume. ANd i have no idea why i am doin!!!! HELP!!!!!

himanshu121
Dec15-03, 11:16 PM
Relate the base radius with the height of cone and then to radius of sphere
u will get

r_{base radius}=h\tan\theta
h=2R\cos^2\theta

V=\frac{\pi r^2h}{3}

Convert h,r in terms of theta and
Max. V w.r.t \theta