In Example 14 of Chapter 13 Class 10 Why you do not take vol of

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Hey in example 14 of chapter 13 of class 10 why you do not take vol of cylinder on which a frustrum is mounted the cylinder is hollow and it has height that means some water goes to the cylindrical base so why you do not take the volume of cylinder you only take the volume of frustrum sir plzz answer my question as soon as possible

Rohit Kumar

Oct. 2, 2017, 1:49 p.m.

Davneet Singh

Oct. 2, 2017, 1:48 p.m.

Hello Rohit

Given that the bucket is a frustum mounted on a hollow cylindrical base,

it means that the bottom cylinder is hollow i.e. empty, so it cannot hold water.

So, water will only be there in the frustum part of the bucket.

That's why Volume of bucket = Volume of frustum

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