A 30-30-120 isosceles triangle has two legs of length 4 units. If it is rotated around an axis that contains one leg, what is the volume of the solid of revolution?

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Volume of the solid of revolution is 127.47 cubic units

What is Isosceles triangle?

An isosceles triangle is a triangle that has two sides of equal length.

What is Volume?

Volume is a scalar quantity expressing the amount of three-dimensional space enclosed by a closed surface.

What is Solid of revolution?

A solid of revolution is a solid figure obtained by rotating a plane curve around some straight line that lies on the same plane

Angles of the given isosceles triangle = 30-30-120 triangle

Length of the leg = 4 units

Length of the Third side c =[tex]\sqrt{a^{2}+b^{2}-2ab cos C }[/tex]

Where a and b are the length of the leg and C is the vertex angle

Then,

Length of the third side c= [tex]\sqrt{4^{2}+4^{2}-2(4)(4)cos120 } =4\sqrt{3}[/tex]

It is rotated around an axis that contains one leg

Draw the figure,

From the figure we can say that we have to subtract the volume of the big cone from the volume of the small cone to find the required volume of the cone

Volume of big cone = [tex]\frac{1}{3}\pi r^{2}\sqrt{l^{2}.r^{2} }[/tex]

where, r is the radius and l is the slant length

r = [tex]\frac{4\sqrt{3} }{2}=2\sqrt{3}[/tex] unit

l=[tex]4\sqrt{3}[/tex] unit

Volume of the big cone = [tex]\frac{1}{3}\pi (2\sqrt{3})^{2}\sqrt{(4\sqrt{3})^{2}. (2\sqrt{3})^{2} }[/tex]=301.59 cubic unit

Volume of small cone =  [tex]\frac{1}{3}\pi r^{2}\sqrt{l^{2}.r^{2} }[/tex]

r = [tex]\frac{4\sqrt{3} }{2}=2\sqrt{3}[/tex] unit

l=  4 unit

Volume of the small cone = [tex]\frac{1}{3}\pi (2\sqrt{3})^{2}\sqrt{(4^{2} . (2\sqrt{3})^{2} }[/tex]=174.12 cubic unit

Volume of required region = Volume of big cone - Volume of small cone

=301.59 - 174.12

=127.47 cubic unit

Hence, volume of the solid of revolution is 127.47 cubic unit

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