Prove that the height of the cylinder of maximum volume that can be inscribed in a sphere of radius R is Also find the maximum volume.
The radius of cylinder = r
The radius of sphere = R
The height of cylinder = H
Now acc. to the diagram:
r = R cosθ …(1)
…(2)
Now volume of cylinder =
For V to be maximum
…(3)
…(4)
Put (4) in (2),
We get:
And
Maximum Volume of cylinder = πr2 H