The cylinder is a surface of revolution. The
slice through a cylinder parallel to the base at any height is a circle of
the same radius as the cylinder. Let r denote the radius of the
cylinder and v be any height. Then, the parametric equation for the
cylinder is
The construction of this cylinder is based on measurements from a side-elevation. The radius is 6.40 cm, the height
is 5.30 cm, and the origin is located at the center of the base of the
base cone. Above the cylinder is the trapezoidal layer which has a
measured height of 2.55 cm. Consequently, the top of the cylinder has
v equal to -2.55 and the bottom has v equal to
where the range of v is [-7.85, -2.55] and that of u is [0,
2pi]. Notice that in the computer model image, the cylinder contains
alternate segments that are left out in order to represent windows as seen
in the side-elevation.
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