Q.A solid vertical cylindrical cone has both its diameter and height equal to 21 cm. Find the volume of the largest possible sphere that can be obtained from this cone. Also, determine the ratio of the volumes of the cone and the sphere.

The diameter of the largest sphere that can be obtained from the cone will be 21 cm. Radius of the cone = \(\frac{21}{2}\) cm Radius of the sphere = \(\frac{21}{2}\) cm ∴ Ratio of the volumes of the cone and the sphere: \[ = \pi \left(\frac{21}{2}\right)^2 \times 21 : \frac{4}{3} \pi \left(\frac{21}{2}\right)^3 \] \[ = \frac{\pi \times 21 \times 21 \times 21}{2 \times 2} : \frac{4\pi \times 21 \times 21 \times 21}{3 \times 2 \times 2 \times 2} \] \[ = 1 : \frac{4}{6} \] \[ = 6 : 4 \] \[ = 3 : 2 \] ∴ The ratio of the volumes of the cone and the sphere is 3:2.
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