An open metal bucket is in the shape of a frustum of a cone, mounted on a hollow cylindrical base made of the same metallic sheet. The diameter of the two circular ends of the bucket are 45 cm and 25 cm, the total vertical height of the bucket is 40 cm and that of the cylindrical base is 6 cm. Find the area of the metallic sheet used to make the bucket. Also, find the volume of water the bucket can hold, in litres.


Given: radius of upper circular end of frustum = R = 45 cm


Radius of lower circular end of frustum = radius of cylindrical base = r = 25 cm


Height of bucket = hb = 40 cm


Height of cylindrical base = hc = 6 cm


From the figure height of frustum = hf = hb - hc


= 40 - 6


hf = 34 cm



Volume of cylinder = πr2hc


Curved surface area of cylinder = 2πrhc


curved surface area of frustum = π(R + r)l cm2


Where l = slant height




= √(400 + 1156)


= 39.44 cm


Area of metallic sheet used = curved surface area of frustum + curved surface area of base


cylinder + area of base circle of cylinder


now, curved surface area of frustum = π × (R + r) × l cm2


= (22/7) × (45 + 25) × 39.44 cm2


= 22 × 10 × 39.44 cm2


= 8676.8 cm2


Curved surface area of base cylinder = 2πrhc


= 2 × (22/7) × 25 × 6


= 942.85 cm2


Surface area of base circle of cylinder = πr2


= (22/7) × 252


= 1964.28 cm2


Area of metallic sheet used = 8676.8 + 942.85 + 1964.28


= 11583.93 cm2


Therefore, area of metallic sheet used to make the bucket is 11583.93 cm2 i.e. 1.158393 m2


Volume of water bucket can hold = volume of bas cylinder + volume of frustum


Volume of base cylinder = πr2hc


= (22/7) × 252 × 6


= 11785.71 cm3




= 35.62 × 3775


= 134465.5 cm3


volume of water bucket can hold = 11785.71 + 134465.5


= 146251.21 cm3


Now 1 litre is 1000 cm3


146251.21 cm3 = 146251.21/1000 = 146.25121 litres


Volume of water bucket can hold = 146.25121 litres


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