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The volume of regular octahedron PABCDQ is 243. Rotating octahedron PABCDQ about its diagonal $\overline{PQ},$ the path of the octahedron forms a new 3D shape. What is the volume of this 3D shape?

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Apr 8, 2019

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Never done one like this before.....but....I believe that the rotation of this will produce two cones

The  volume of an octahedron is given by

V  = √2/3  * edge length^3

243* 3 / √2  =  edge length^3

729/√2  = edge length ^3

9 / (2)^(1/6)  = edge length

The distance from any vertex to its non-adjacent vertex  = √2 edge  = 9√2 / {2)^(1/6)  = 9∛2

The radius of each cone will be (1/2) of this  =  4.5∛2

And this will also be the height of each cone

So....the volume of the 3D figure will be  the volume of the two cones =

2 [ (1/3) pi * radius^2 * height ]  =

(2pi)  ( 4.5∛2)^2 (4.5∛2) / 3  =

2pi  [ 4.5]^3 * 2 / 3  =

(4pi] * [91.125] / 3  =

4pi (243/8)  =

(243/ 2) pi units^3

Apr 9, 2019