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A cake is in the shape of a cylinder extended by spherical cap. Volume of the spherical cap is calculated in terms of its depth. With given volume of the stuff in the cake its minimum surface area is determined. Maximum volume of a cylinder surmounted by a cone and maximum volume of cylinder surmounted an inverted hemisphere are separately also determined.
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