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SOLID MENSURATION
PROBLEM SETS
I. Solve the following problems.

1. Compute the cost of lumber necessary
to resurface a foot-bridge 16 ft wide
and 150 ft long with 2-in planks, if
lumber is P 50.00 per board feet.
Neglect waste. ( One board feet = 1 ft
by 1 ft by 1 in )
2. A cylindrical tank, 2 feet in diameter
and 12 feet in length is placed so that
its axis is horizontal. How many pounds
of water is needed in filling it to a depth
of 18 inches, if water weighs 62.4 lb per
cu. ft.?
3. In the pyramid as shown in the figure,
AB = 9 cm, BC = 12 cm and BD = 5 cm.
The three face angles at B are each 90:.
Calculate the three face angles at A and
the total surface of the solid.

4. In the triangular pyramid shown in the
figure each face angle at O is 90:. Find
the volume of a cone whose vertex is at
V and whose base is a circle inscribed in
the base ABO of the pyramid.

5. It is required to measure the height of a
tower, CB as shown in the figure, which
is inaccessible. From point A, in the
same horizontal plane with the base C,
a right angle CAD is turned, and a
horizontal line AD, 150 ft in length is
measured. At A, the angle of elevation
of the top of the tower is 32:, at D the
angle of elevation is 28:. Find the height
of the tower.

D

C
A
B
V
h
A
a
a
B
O
32:
28: 150 ft
B
C
A
D
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6. The points A and E in the figure lie on
level ground in the same vertical plane
with the top G of the tower CG. If the
tower CG is 300 ft high and
measurements give, AB = 8 ft, DE = 12
ft, BH = 6 ft and DF = 5 ft, find the
distance AE.

7. Find the volume and total area of the
largest cube of wood that can be cut
from a log of circular cross-section
whose radius is 32.26 cm.
8. In the figure is shown a rectangular
parallelepiped whose dimensions are 4,
8, and 12. Points I, J, K, L, M and N are
each at the midpoint of an edge. Find
the area of the sections JKMN, JKL and
EGI.



9. A pyramid has its vertex at the center of
a cube and its base coincides with a
face of the cube. Find the angle that
each lateral face of the pyramid makes
with the base of the pyramid.
10. Two balls, one 6 inches in diameter and
the other 4 inches in diameter, are
placed in a cylindrical jar 9 inches in
diameter, as shown in the figure. Find
the volume of water necessary to cover
them.

11. A stone bridge has three equal
semicircular arches resting on four
equal rectangular piers. The radius of
each arch is R, the dimensions of the
piers L, W, H, while the distance from
the top of each pier to the top of the
bridge is D. If L = 50 ft, W = 5 ft, H = 10
ft, R = 6 ft, D = 12 ft, find the number of
cubic feet of materials used in building
the bridge.




A E D C B
8
F
H
G
6
5
300
12

H
F
E
D
C
B
A
G J
I
L
K
N
M
8
4
12
D
L
R R R
W W W W
H
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12. In the solid shown in the figure, all face
angles at A, B and C are 90:. Find the
volume of this solid.

13. A solid concrete porch is consists of
three steps and a landing. The steps
have a tread of 30 cm and a rise of 25
cm and a length of 2.5 m. The landing is
2.5 by 2 m. How much material was
used in its construction?

14. How many glass paper weights each in
the shape of a dodecahedron 10 cm on
an edge can be manufactured by
melting 1000 glass paper weights each
in the form of a cube 20 cm on an
edge?
15. A rectangular solid 12 ft long and 8 ft
wide is inscribed in a sphere of radius
. Find the height of the
rectangular solid.

16. Find the volume of a regular
dodecahedron if the total area is 2498
ft
2
.
17. One edge of an oblique prism forms an
angle of 30: with its projection on the
plane of one base. If the lateral edge is
15 cm long and the base area is 20 cm
2
,
find the volume of the prism.
18. A cylindrical gas tank has internal
dimensions of 18 cm in diameter and 50
cm in height. It is designed to contain
compressed oxygen gas. The tank has a
mass of 1.75 kg when empty and 3.15
kg when full of oxygen gas. What is the
density of the oxygen gas in a full tank
in kg/m
3
?
19. Find the angle of a lune with an area of
150 in
2
, if the radius of the
corresponding sphere is 15 inches.
20. The area of the base of a spherical
pyramid is 24 cm
2
and the radius of the
corresponding sphere is 3 cm. find the
volume of the pyramid.

4
5
5
C
B
A
30:
3
0.25
2.50 2.00
0.30