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Date May 2017 Marks available 2 Reference code 17M.1.sl.TZ2.12
Level SL only Paper 1 Time zone TZ2
Command term Find Question number 12 Adapted from N/A

Question

A cylindrical container with a radius of 8 cm is placed on a flat surface. The container is filled with water to a height of 12 cm, as shown in the following diagram.

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A heavy ball with a radius of 2.9 cm is dropped into the container. As a result, the height of the water increases to \(h\) cm, as shown in the following diagram.

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Find the volume of water in the container.

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Find the value of \(h\).

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b.

Markscheme

\(\pi  \times {8^2} \times 12\)     (M1)

 

Note:     Award (M1) for correct substitution into the volume of a cylinder formula.

 

\(2410{\text{ c}}{{\text{m}}^3}{\text{ }}(2412.74 \ldots {\text{ c}}{{\text{m}}^3},{\text{ }}768\pi {\text{ c}}{{\text{m}}^3})\)     (A1)     (C2)

[2 marks]

a.

\(\frac{4}{3}\pi  \times {2.9^3} + 768\pi  = \pi  \times {8^2}h\)     (M1)(M1)(M1)

 

Note:     Award (M1) for correct substitution into the volume of a sphere formula (this may be implied by seeing 102.160…), (M1) for adding their volume of the ball to their part (a), (M1) for equating a volume to the volume of a cylinder with a height of \(h\).

 

OR

\(\frac{4}{3}\pi  \times {2.9^3} = \pi  \times {8^2}(h - 12)\)     (M1)(M1)(M1)

 

Note:     Award (M1) for correct substitution into the volume of a sphere formula (this may be implied by seeing 102.160…), (M1) for equating to the volume of a cylinder, (M1) for the height of the water level increase, \(h - 12\). Accept \(h\) for \(h - 12\) if adding 12 is implied by their answer.

 

\((h = ){\text{ }}12.5{\text{ (cm) }}\left( {12.5081 \ldots {\text{ (cm)}}} \right)\)     (A1)(ft)     (C4)

 

Note:     If 3 sf answer used, answer is 12.5 (12.4944…). Follow through from part (a) if first method is used.

 

[4 marks]

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Syllabus sections

Topic 5 - Geometry and trigonometry » 5.5
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