The perimeters of the two circular ends of a frustum of a cone are 48 cm and 36 cm. If the height of the frustum is 11 cm. find its volume and curved surface area.

Given: perimeter of upper circle = 36 cm


Perimeter of lower circle = 48 cm


Height of frustum = h = 11 cm


Let r: radius of upper circle & R: radius of lower circle



Total surface area of frustum = πr2 + πR2 + π(R + r)l cm2


Where l = slant height



Now perimeter of circle = circumference of circle = 2π × radius


Perimeter of upper circle = 2πr


36 = 2 × 3.14 × r


r = 36/6.28 cm


r = 5.732 cm


Perimeter of lower circle = 2πR


48 = 2 × 3.14 × R


R = 48/6.28 cm


R = 7.643 cm



l = 11.164 cm


Volume of frustum = (1/3) × 3.14 × 11 × (7.6432 + 5.7322 + 7.643 × 5.732) cm3


= (1/3) × 34.54 × (58.415 + 32.855 + 43.809) cm3


= 11.513 × 135.079 cm3


= 1555.164 cm3


Volume of frustum = 1555.164 cm3


Now we have asked curved surface area so we should subtract the top and bottom surface areas which are flat circles.


Surface area of top = πr2


Surface area of bottom = πR2


Curved surface area = total surface area - πr2 - πR2 cm2


= πr2 + πR2 + π(R + r)l - πr2 - πR2 cm2


= π(R + r)l cm2


= 3.14 × (7.643 + 5.732) × 11.164 cm2


= 3.14 × 13.375 × 11.164 cm2


= 468.86 cm2


curved surface area = 468.86 cm2


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