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Question 85

A decorative paperweight is designed as a right square-based pyramid inscribed within a solid crystal sphere of radius KKK. The vertex of the pyramid and the center of its square base both lie on the same diameter of the sphere. The pyramid has a vertical height hhh and the side length of its square base is sss, such that 0<h<2K0 < h < 2K0<h<2K.

a.

Show that the volume, VVV, of the pyramid is given by

V=23(2Kh2−h3) V = \frac{2}{3}(2Kh^2 - h^3) V=32​(2Kh2−h3)
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b.

Find the maximum possible volume of the pyramid in terms of KKK. Fully justify your answer.

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