Bunuel wrote:
A cylinder is placed inside a cube so that it stands upright when the cube rests on one of its faces. If the volume of the cube is 16, what is the maximum possible volume of the cylinder that fits inside the cube as described?
A. 16/π
B. 2π
C. 8
D. 4π
E. 8π
The cylinder of the maximum volume that can be inscribed in a cube is one with the diameter of its base being the side length of the cube and the height also being the side length of the cube. Recall that the volume of a cylinder is V
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