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Consider a cone of revolution with an inscribed sphere tangent to the base of the cone. A cylinder is circumscribed about this sphere so that one of its bases lies in the base of the cone. let <math>V_1</math> be the volume of the cone and <math>V_2</math> be the volume of the cylinder.
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Consider a cone of revolution with an inscribed sphere tangent to the base of the cone. A cylinder is circumscribed about this sphere so that one of its bases lies in the base of the cone. Let <math>V_1</math> be the volume of the cone and <math>V_2</math> be the volume of the cylinder.
  
 
a) Prove that <math>V_1 \neq V_2</math>;
 
a) Prove that <math>V_1 \neq V_2</math>;

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Problem

Consider a cone of revolution with an inscribed sphere tangent to the base of the cone. A cylinder is circumscribed about this sphere so that one of its bases lies in the base of the cone. Let $V_1$ be the volume of the cone and $V_2$ be the volume of the cylinder.

a) Prove that $V_1 \neq V_2$;

b) Find the smallest number $k$ for which $V_1 = kV_2$; for this case, construct the angle subtended by a diamter of the base of the cone at the vertex of the cone.

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See Also

1960 IMO (Problems) • Resources
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Problem 5
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