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  1. October 14th 2010, 12:28 AM #1
    Tarik678
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    cylinder in a sphere

    Hey, I am stuck on this rather difficult question

    A cylinder of cheese is to be removed from a spherical piece of cheese of radius 8 cm. What is the maximum volume of the cylinder of cheese?

    Im really stuck and this will be on my differential calculus test tommorow, any help is appreciated
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