Thursday, July 8, 2010

Learning Frustum

So far we have learnt about surface areas and volumes of combinations of two or more basic solids like right circular cone, right circular cylinder, sphere etc.. In this section , we shall learn about a solid which is a part of a right circular cone when it is cut by a plane parallel to the base of the cone. Such a solid is called a Frustum.

FRUSTUM: If a right circular cone is cut off by a plane parallel to its base, then the portion of the cone between the cutting plane and the base of the cone is called a frustum of the cone.

HEIGHT OF FRUSTUM: The height or thickness of a frustum is the perpendicular distance between its two circular bases.

SLANT HEIGHT: The slant height of a frustum of a right circular cone is the length of the line segment joining the extremities of two parallel radii, drawn in the same direction, of the two circular bases.

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