Class IX Chapter 20 – Surface Areas and Volume of a Right Circular Cone Maths

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Exercise – 20.1

1. Find the curved surface area of a cone, if its slant height is 60 cm and the radius of its base
is 21 cm.
Sol:
Given that
Radius of its base is 21cm
Slant height  60cm
WKT, Curved surface area of a cone   rl
22
Curved surface area   21 60
7
 3960cm 2

2. The radius of a cone is 5 cm and vertical height is 12 cm. Find the area of the curved surface.
Sol:
Given,
Radius of cone  5cm  r
Height of a cone  12cm  h
Slant height of the cone  r 2  h 2
 52  122  13cm
Curved surface Area   rl
22
  5 12
7
 204  28cm2

3. The radius of a cone is 7 cm and area of curved surface is 176 cm2. Find the slant height.
Sol:
Given
Radius of a cone  r   7cm.
Let ' l ' be the slant height of a cone
Curved surface area   rl.
 176    7  l
176 176  7
l    8cm.
7 7  22
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4. The height of a cone is 21 cm. Find the area of the base if the slant height is 28 cm.
Sol:
Given that
Slant height ‘l’  28m.
Height of cone  h   21cm

Radius of cone  r   282  212 [by Pythagoras theorem]

 7 7cm
Area of base   r
2

22
 
2
  7 7
7
22
  7  7  7  1078cm 2 .
7

5. Find the total surface area of a right circular cone with radius 6 cm and height 8 cm.
Sol:
WKT, Total surface area   rl   r 2
Now l  h 2  r 2 [by Pythagoras theorem]
Here, given
Radius  6cm and height  8cm
 length  6 2  82
 10cm
Total surface area   rl   r
2

 22   22 
   6 10     6  6 
 7   7 
 1320  792
   301 71cm 2
 7  7

6. Find the curved surface area of a cone with base radius 5.25 cm and slant height 10cm.
Sol:
Given that,
Radius of a base of a cone  5  25cm
Slant height of cone  10cm
Curved surface area of cone   rl
22
  5  25 10cm 2
7
  22  0  75 10  cm 2
 165cm 2
Thus, the curved surface area of a cone is
165cm2
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7. Find the total surface area of a cone, if its slant height is 21 m and diameter of its base is
24m.
Sol:
Given that,
 24 
Radius of base of cone     12m
 2 
Slant height of cone  21m.
Total surface area of cone   r 2   rl
  r r  l 
22
 12  12  21
7
22
 12  33m 2
7
 1244  57m 2 .

8. The area of the curved surface of a cone is 60  cm2. If the slant height of the cone be 8 cm,
find the radius of the base?
Sol:
Given that
Curved surface area of cone  60 cm 2
Slant height of cone  l   8cm.
i.e.,  rl  60
   r  8  60
60
r  75
8
Radius of cone  7  5cm.

9. The curved surface area of a cone is 4070 cm2 and its diameter is 70 cm. What is its slant
height? (Use it 𝜋 = 22/7).
Sol:
Given diameter  70cm
 2r  70cm
 r  35cm
Now, curved surface area  4070cm 2
  rl  4070
Where r  radius of the cone
l  slant height of the cone
 rl  4070
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22
  35  l  4070
7
4070  7
l   37cm
22  35
Slant height of the cone  37cm.

10. The radius and slant height of a cone are In the ratio of 4 : 7. If its curved surface area is 792
cm2, find its radius. (Use it 𝜋 = 22/7).
Sol:
Given that,
Curved surface area   rl  792.
Let the radius  r   4 x
Height  h   7 x
Now, CSA  792
22
 4 x  7 x  792
7
 88 x 2  792
792
 x2   9.
88
 x  3.
Radius  4 x  4  3  12cm.

11. A Joker’s cap is in the form of a right circular cone of base radius 7 cm and height 24 cm.
Find the area of the sheet required to make 10 such caps.
Sol:
Given that,
Radius of conical cap  r   7cm.
Height of conical cap  h   24cm.

Slant height (I) of conical cap  r 2  h 2

 7    24 
2 2
 cm
 25cm
22
CSA of 1 conical cap   rl   7  25 cm 2  550cm 2
7
Curved surface area of such 10 conical caps  5500cm 2
 550 10
Thus, 5500cm 2 sheet will be req for making of 10 caps.
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12. Find the ratio of the curved surface areas of two cones if their diameters of the bases are
equal and slant heights are in the ratio 4 : 3.
Sol:
Given that,
Diameter of two cones area equal
Their radius are equal
Let r1  r2  r
Let ratio be x
Slant height l1 of 1st cone  4x
Similarly slant height l2 of 2nd cone  3x.
C  S A1  r1l1   r  4 x 4
    .
C  S A2  r2l2   r  3x 3

13. There are two cones. The curved surface area of one is twice that of the other. The slant
height of the later is twice that of the former. Find the ratio of their radii.
Sol:
Let curved surface area off 1st cone  2x
CSA of 2nd cone = x
and slant height of 1st cone = h
and slant height of 2nd cone = 2h
CSA of 1st cone 2 x 2
   .
CSA of 2nd cone x 1
 r1l1 2
 
 r2l2 1
r1h 2 r 4
   1  .
r2 h 1 r2 1
i.e., ratio of r1 and r2 is  4 :1

14. The diameters of two cones are equal. If their slant heights are in the ratio 5 : 4, find the ratio
of their curved surfaces.
Sol:
Given that,
Diameters of two cones are equal
Their radius are also equal i.e., r1  r2
Let the ratio of slant height be x
l1  5x and l2  4 x
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C1
Ratio of curved surface area 
C2
C1  rl  r1Sx 5
  11  
C2  r2l2  r2  4 x  4
Ratio of curved surface area  5: 4

15. Curved surface area of a cone is 308 cm2 and its slant height is 14 cm. Find the radius of the
base and total surface area of the cone.
Sol:
(i) Given that,
Slant height of cone  14cm
Let radius of circular end of cone = r.
Curved surface area of cone   rh
 22 
308cm 2    r  14  cm  CSA  308cm2 
 7 
308
r cm  7cm
44
Thus, radius of circular end of cone  7cm
(ii) Given that CSA  308cm2
WKT, total surface area of cone
= curved surface area of cone + area of base
  rl   r 2
 22 2 
 308   7   cm 2
 7 
 308  154cm 2
 462cm2
Thus, the total SA of the cone is 462cm 2 .

16. The slant height and base diameter of a conical tomb are 25 m and 14 m respectively. Find
the cost of white-washing its curved surface at the rate of Rs. 210 per l00 m2.
Sol:
Given that,
Slant height of conical tomb (l) =25m
14
Base radius (r) of tomb  m  7 m.
2
CSA of conical length tomb   rl
 22 
   7  25  m 2
 7 
 550m 2
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Cost of white – washing 100m 2 area = Rs. 210

 210  550 
Cost of white – washing 550 m2 area = Rs.  
 100 
 Rs. 1155.
Thus the cost of white washing total tomb = Rs. 1155

17. A conical tent is 10 m high and the radius of its base is 24 m. Find the slant height of the
tent. If the cost of 1 m 2 canvas is Rs. 70, find the cost of the canvas required to make the tent.
Sol:
(i) Given that
Height of conical tent  h   10m
Radius of conical tent  r   24m.
Let slant height of conical tent be l
l 2  h2  r 2  10m    24m   100  576  m2
2 2

 676m 2
l  26m.
Thus, the slant height of the conical tent is 26m.
(ii) Given that
Radius  r   24
Slant height  l   26
22 13728 2
CSA of tent   rl   24  26  m
7 7
Cost of 1m2 canvas S  Rs.70.
13728 2 13728
Cost of m canvas   10
7 7
 Rs.1,37, 280.
Thus, the cost of canvas required to make the tent is Rs. 137280.

18. A tent is in the form of a right circular cylinder surmounted by a cone. The diameter of
cylinder is 24 m. The height of the cylindrical portion is 11 m while the vertex of the cone is
16 m above the ground. Find the area of the canvas required for the tent.
Sol:
Given that,
Diameter of cylinder  24m
diameter 24cm
Radius    12cm
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Also Radius of cone  12m.
Height of cylinder  11m
Height of cone  16 11  5m
Slant height of cone  h 2  r 2
 52  122  13m
 l  r 2  h2 
 
area of canvas required for the
tent   rl  2 rh
22
 12  13  2  12  11
7
 490  285  829  714
 1320m2 .

19. A circus tent is cylindrical to a height of 3 meters and conical above it. If its diameter is 105
m and the slant height of the conical portion is 53 m, calculate the length of the canvas 5 m
wide to make the required tent.
Sol:
Given diameter  105m
105
Radius  m  52  5m.
2
Curved surface area of circus tent   rl  2 rh
22 22
  52  5  53  2  52  5  3 
7 7
 8745  990
 9735m2
Area of canvas
Length of the canvas equation for tent 
width of canvas
9735
  1947 m
5

20. The circumference of the base of a 10 m height conical tent is 44 metres. Calculate the length
of canvas used in making the tent if width of canvas is 2 m. (Use it 𝜋= 22/7).
Sol:
WKT, CSA of cone =  rl
Given circumference  2 r
22 r
 2   r  44   1  r  7 m
7 7
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 L  r 2  h 2  7 2  102  149m
22
CSA of tent   rl   7  149  22 149.
7
The length of can vas used in making tent
Area of canvas

width of canvas
22 149
  11 149
2
 134  2m.

21. What length of tarpaulin 3 m wide will be required to make a conical tent of height 8 m and
base radius 6 m? Assume that the extra length of material will be required for stitching
margins and wastage in cutting is approximately 20 cm (Use it 𝜋 = 3.14)
Sol:
Given that,
Height of conical tent  h   8m.
Radius of base of tent  r   6m.

Slant height  l   r 2  h 2  82  62  100  10m

CSA of conical tent   rl   3 14  6  10  m 2
 188  4m 2
Let the length of tarpaulin sheet require be L
As 200m will be wasted, So effective length will be  L  0  2m 
Breadth of tarpaulin  3m
Area of sheet  CSA of sheet
 L  0  2m  3 m  188  40m2
 L  0  2m  62  8m
 L  63m
Thus, the length of the tarpaulin sheet will be  163m.

22. A bus stop is barricated from the remaining part of the road, by using 50 hollow cones made
of recycled card-board. Each cone has a base diameter of 40 cm and height 1 m. If the outer
side of each of the cones is to be painted and the cost of painting is Rs. 12 per m2, what will
be the cost of painting all these cones. (Use 𝜋 = 3.14 and √1.04 = 1.02)
Sol:
40
Radius of cone  r    20m  0  2m.
2
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Height of cone  1m.
Slant height of cone  l   h 2  r 2

 12   0  2  m
2

 1 04m  1 02m
Curved surface area of each one
  rl   3 14  0  2  1  02  m 2
 0  64056m 2
CSA of 50 such cone  50  0  64056m2  32  028m2
Cost of painting 1m2 area = Rs. 12.
Cost of painting 32  028m 2 area  Rs.  32  028  12 
 Rs. 384  326 PS .
Thus, it will cost Rs. 38434 (Approx) in painting the so hollow cones.

23. A cylinder and a cone have equal radii of their bases and equal heights. If their curved surface
areas are in the ratio 8:5, show that the radius of each is to the height of each as 3:4.
Sol:
Let us assume radius of cone  r.
Also, radius of cylinder  r.
Height of cone  h
And, height of cylinder  h.
Let C1 , be the curved surface area of cone
 C1   r r 2  h2
Similarly, C2 be the curved surface area of cone cylinder.
C2  2 rh
C2 8
According to question  .
C1 5
2 rh 8
 
r r  h
2 2 5
 10h  8 r 2  h 2
 100h 2  64r 2  64h 2
 36h 2  64r 2
h 64

r 30
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2
h 64
  
r 36
b 64 8 4
   
r 30 6 3
r 3
  .
h 4

Exercise – 20.2

1. Find the volume of a right circular cone with:

(i) radius 6 cm, height 7 cm.
(ii) radius 3.5 cm, height 12 cm
(iii) height 21 cm and slant height 28 cm.
Sol:
(i) Given that,
Radius of cone  r   6m
Height of cone  h   7cm
1 1 22
Volume of cone   r 2 h     6   7
2

3 3 7
 264cm3
(ii) Given,
Radius of cone  r   3  5cm
Height of cone  h   12cm
1 1 22
Volume of cone   r h     3  5   12
2 2

3 3 7
 154cm3
(iii) From the relation
l 2  r 2  h2 , we have

 28   21
2 2
r  l 2  h2   7 7cm
1
So, volume of cone   r2  h
3
1 22
    21  7 7  
2 2

3 7
 7546cm3
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2. Find the capacity in litres of a conical vessel with:
(i) radius 7 cm, slant height 25 cm (ii) height 12 cm, slant height 13 cm.
Sol:
(i) Radius of cone  r   7cm
Slant height  l  of cone  25cm

Height  h  of cone  l 2  r 2

 25
2
  b 2  252  7 2  24cm.
1  1 22 
Volume of cone   r 2 h      7   24  cm3
2

3 3 7 
 1232 cm3 .
(ii) Height  h  of cone = 12cm.
Slant height of cone  l   13cm.

Radius  r  of cone  l 2  r 2  132  122 cm

 5cm.
1  1 22 
Volume of cone   r 2 h      5   12  cm3
2

3 3 7 
2200 3
 cm
7
 2200 
Capacity of the conical vessel    liters
 7000 
11
 liters
35

3. Two cones have their heights in the ratio 1 : 3 and the radii of their bases in the ratio 3 : 1.
Find the ratio of their volumes.
Sol:
Given that, let height  h say
Height of 1st cone = h
Height of 2nd cone = 3h
Let the ratio of radii be r
Radius of 1st cone = 3r
Radius of 2nd cone = r
V
ratio of volume  1
V2
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1 2
r h
V1 3 1 1 r12 h1
   2
V2 1  r 2 h r2 h2
2 2
3
 3r 
2
h

r  3h
2

9r 2 h
 2
3r h
3

1
V 3
 1  .
V2 1

4. The radius and the height of a right circular cone are in the ratio 5 : 12. If its volume is 314
cubic meter, find the slant height and the radius (Use it 𝜋 = 3.14).
Sol:
Let the ratio be x
Radius ' r '  5x
Height ‘h’ = 12x
WKT,

 5x   12 x 
2 2
Slant height  r 2  h 2   13x
Now volume  314m3 [given data]
1
  r 2 h  314m3
3
1
  3 14  25 x 2 12 x  314
3
314  3
 x3 
3 14  25 12
 x 1 x 1
3

Slant height  13x  13m

Radius  5x  5m.

5. The radius and height of a right circular cone are in the ratio 5 : 12 and its volume is 2512
cubic cm. Find the slant height and radius of the cone. (Use it 𝜋 = 3.14).
Sol:
Let the ratio be x
Radius ‘r’ = 5x
Height ‘h’ = 12x
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 5x   12 x 
2 2
Slant height ' l '  r 2  h 2   13x.
Now volume  2512cm3
1
     5 x   12 x  2512
2

3
1
  3 14  25 x 2 12 x  2512
3
2512  3
 x3 
314  25  2
 x  2.
Slant height  13x  13 2  26cm
And, Radius of cone  5x  5  2  10cm.

6. The ratio of volumes of two cones is 4 : 5 and the ratio of the radii of their bases is 2:3. Find
the ratio of their vertical heights.
Sol:
Let ratio of radius be ' r '
Radius of 1st cone = 2r
Radius of 2nd cone = 3r
Similarly
Let volume ratio be ‘v’
Volume of 1st cone  4v
Similarly volume of 2nd cone  5v
V 4v 4
 1  
V2 5v 5
1 2
 r1 h1
4
 3 
1 2
 r2 h2 5
3
h1  2r 
2
4
 
h2  3r 
2
5
h1 4r 2 4
  
h2 9r 2 5
h1 36 18 9
   
h2 20 20 5
Ratio of the inner height is 9 : 5
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7. A cylinder and a cone have equal radii of their bases and equal heights. Show that their
volumes are in the ratio 3:1.
Sol:
Given that,
A cylinder and a cone have equal radii of their equal bases and heights
Let radius of cone = radius of cylinder = r
Let height of cone = height of cylinder = h
Let V1  volume of cone
V2  volume of cylinder
1 2
V1 3
r h 1
  
V2  r 2h 3
V2 3
 
V1 1
Hence their volumes are in the ratio 3 : 4.

8. If the radius of the base of a cone is halved, keeping the height same, what is the ratio of the
volume of the reduced cone to that of the original cone?
Sol:
Let radius of cone is r and height is h
1
Volume V1   r 2 h.
3
In another case,
r
Radius of cone = half of radius 
2
Height  h
2
1 1 
Volume  V2     r  h
3 2 
1 r2
   h
3 4
1
  r 2 h.
12
1
V1 12
 r 2h 3 1
    .
V2 1 2 12 4
r h
3
Ratio will be 1: 4  .
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9. A heap of wheat is in the form of a cone of diameter 9 m and height 3.5 m. Find its volume.
How much canvas cloth is required to just cover the heap? (Use 𝜋 = 3.14).
Sol:
Diameter of heap d  9m
9
Radius  m  4  5m.
2
Height  h   3  5m.
1
Volume of heap   r 2 h
3
1
 3 14   4  5   3  5 m3
2

3  
 74 18m3

 4  5   3  5
2 2
Slant height l  r 2  h 2 
 5  70m.
Area of canvas required = CSA of cone
  rl
 3 14  4  5  5  7m 2
 80  54m 2

10. A heap of wheat is in the form of a cone of diameter 9 m and height 3.5 m. Find its volume.
How much canvas cloth is required to just cover the heap? (Use 𝜋 = 3.14).
Sol:
Given diameter of cone 14cm
Radius of cone  7cm
Height of cone  51cm.
1
Volume of cone    r h
2

3
1 22
   7  5  51
3 7
 2618cm3
3
It is given that 1cm weight 10gm
 2618cm3 weight  26110  gm
i.e., 26 180kg.
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11. A right angled triangle of which the sides containing he right angle are 6.3 cm and lo cm in
length, is made to turn round on the longer side. Find the volume of the solid, thus generated.
Also, find its curved surface area.
Sol:
Given, radius of cone  r   6  3cm
Height of cone  h   10cm

 6  3  10 
2 2
WKT, Slant height l 

 11 819cm l  r 2  h2 
 
1 2 1
Volume of cone   r h   3 14   6  3  10  4158cm
2 3

3 3
And CSA of cone   rl
22
  6  3  11  819  234  01cm 2
7

12. Find the volume of the largest right circular cone that can be fitted in a cube whose edge is
14 cm.
Sol:
1
For largest circular cone radius of the base of the cone  edge of cube
2
1
  14  7cm
2
And height of the cone  14cm
1
Volume of cone   3 14  7  7  14
3
 718  666 cm3 .

13. The volume of a right circular cone is 9856 cm3. If the diameter of the base is 28 cm, find:
(i) height of the cone (ii) slant height of the cone (iii) curved surface area of the cone.
Sol:
 28 
(i) Radius of cone    cm  14cm
 2 
Let height of cone is h
Volume of cone  9856cm3
1
  r 2 h  9856cm 2
3
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1 
   3.14  7  7  h  cm 2 = 9856 cm 2
3 
h  48cm.
Thus the height of the cone is 48cm.
(ii) Slant height  l  of cone  r 2  h 2

  14   48
2 2
cm

 196  2304  2500cm
 50cm
Thus, the slant height of cone is 50cm.
 22 
(iii) CSA of cone   rl    14  50  cm 2
 7 
 2200cm 2 .

14. A conical pit of top diameter 3.5 m is 12 m deep. What is its capacity in kilo litres?
Sol:
35
Radius  r  of pit  m  1  75m.
2
Depth  h  of pit = 12m.
1 1 22
Volume of pit   r 2 h    1  75   12
2

3 3 7
 38  5m3
Capacity of the pit   38  5  1 Kilometers
 38  5 Kilo liters

15. Monica has a piece of Canvas whose area is 551 m2. She uses it to have a conical tent made,
with a base radius of 7m. Assuming that all the stitching margins and wastage incurred while
cutting, amounts to approximately 1 m2. Find the volume of the tent that can be made with
it.
Sol:
Given that,
Area of canvas  551m 2 and area of the canvas lost in wastage is 1m2
area of canvas available for making the tent is  551  1 m 2  550m 2 .
SA of tent  550m 2 required  base radius of conical tent  7m.
CSA of tent  550m 2
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 rl  550m 2
22
  7  l  550
7
550
l   25m
22
Now, WKT
l 2  r 2  h2
  25    7   h 2
2 2

 h  625  49
 576  24m
1
So, the volume of the conical tent   r 2 h
3
1
  3 14   7  7  24  m3  1232m3 .
3