The radius of the base of a right circular cylinder is halved and the height is doubled. What is the ratio of the volume of the new cylinder to that of the original cylinder?
The radius of the base of a right circular cylinder is halved and the height is doubled. What is the ratio of the volume of the new cylinder to that of the original cylinder?

Solution:

Let the radius of the base of a right circular cylinder be r and height be h.

Volume of the cylinder, V1 = r2h

The radius of the base of a right circular cylinder is halved and the height is doubled.

So radius of new cylinder = r/2

Height of new cylinder = 2h

Volume of the new cylinder, V2 = r2h

= (r/2)×2h

= ½ r2h

So ratio of volume of new cylinder to the original cylinder , V2/V1= ½ r2h/r2h = ½

Hence the required ratio is 1:2.