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Geometry Difficulty 3.0 Junior Find the answer

A right circular cone of volume AA, a right circular cylinder of volume MM, and a sphere of volume CC all have the same radius, and the common height of the cone and the cylinder is equal to the diameter of the sphere. Then

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Solution

Using the radius rr the three volumes can be computed as follows:
A=13(πr2)2rA = \frac 13 (\pi r^2) \cdot 2r
M=(πr2)2rM = (\pi r^2) \cdot 2r
C=43πr3C = \frac 43 \pi r^3
Clearly, M=A+CM = A+C \Longrightarrow the correct answer is (A)\mathrm{(A)}.
The other linear combinations are obviously non-zero, and the left hand side of (D)\mathrm{(D)} evaluates to (πr3)2(494+169)(\pi r^3)^2 \cdot \left( \frac 49 - 4 + \frac {16}9 \right) which is negative. Thus (A)\mathrm{(A)} is indeed the only correct answer.

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