A Puzzling Object
- Author:
- Judah L Schwartz
Consider a cylinder of height H and diameter H made of clay.
If you slice the cylinder appropriately, and remove the
sliced off pieces, you get a shape whose projections are
a square with side H
a circle with diameter H
an isosceles triangle with base H and altitude H
What is the surface area of this object?
What is the volume of this object?