Timeline for Volume of a cylinder inscribed in an octahedron of edge 1cm
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| May 15 at 13:42 | vote | accept | MiguelCG | ||
| May 15 at 10:55 | answer | added | gsomani | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 15 at 10:45 | review | Close votes | |||
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| May 15 at 10:37 | comment | added | Jaap Scherphuis | Use the fact that the cylinder touches the octahedron face to find a relationship between the $r$ and $h$ of the cylinder. Then you can get an expression of the cylinder volume that uses just one variable, which you can maximise. | |
| May 15 at 10:34 | comment | added | Red Five | Oops. Yes, you are correct. | |
| May 15 at 10:31 | comment | added | Jaap Scherphuis | @RedFive An octahedron is 3d - Octagon is 2d. | |
| May 15 at 10:29 | comment | added | Red Five | I think a diagram is needed here to clarify what is meant by a cylinder (3D shape) on the diagonal of an octahedron (2D shape). | |
| May 15 at 10:25 | history | asked | MiguelCG | CC BY-SA 4.0 |