Tilting a Cylindrical Oil Pot
Problem
An oil pot has a body shaped as a cylinder (wall thickness negligible) with base diameter and height , and it contains oil to a height of . Its spout has length (volume negligible), makes a angle with the body, and the base of the spout is at height above the bottom of the pot. The pot is slowly tilted about one edge of its base. Find the smallest tilt angle (in degrees, to the nearest ) at which the oil just begins to flow out of the spout.
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Solution
| Difficulty | 6/10 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Law of Sines, trigonometry, solid geometry |
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