The total surface area of a hollow cylinder which is open from both sides is 4620 sq. cm, area of base ring is 115.5 sq. cm and height 7 cm. Find the thickness of the cylinder.
Given:
Total surface area of the cylinder $=4620 \mathrm{~cm}^{2}$
Area of the base ring $=115.5 \mathrm{~cm}^{2}$
Height, $h=7 \mathrm{~cm}$
Let $R$ be the radius of the outer ring and $r$ be the radius of the inner ring.
Area of the base ring $=\pi R^{2}-\pi r^{2}$
$115.5=\pi\left(R^{2}-r^{2}\right)$
$\mathrm{R}^{2}-\mathrm{r}^{2}=115.5 \times \frac{7}{22}$
$(R+r)(R-r)=36.75 \quad \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots$ (i)
Total surface area $=$ Inner curved surface area $+$ Outer curved surface area $+$ Area of bottom and top rings
$4620=2 \pi r h+2 \pi R h+2 \times 115.5$
$2 \pi h(R+r)=4620-231$
$R+r=\frac{4389 \times 7}{2 \times 22 \times 7}$
$R+r=\frac{399}{4} \quad \ldots \ldots \ldots . \quad$ (ii)
Substituting the value of $R+r$ from the equation (ii) in (i):
$\frac{399}{4}(R-r)=36.75$
$(R-r)=36.75 \times \frac{4}{399}=0.368 \mathrm{~cm}$
$\therefore$ Thickness of the cylinder $=(R-r)=0.368 \mathrm{~cm}$