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AIME 2015b Problem 9

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A cylindrical barrel with radius 44 feet and height 1010 feet is full of water. A solid cube with side length 88 feet is set into the barrel so that the diagonal of the cube is vertical. The volume of water thus displaced is vv cubic feet. Find v2v^2. [asy] import three; import solids; size(5cm); currentprojection=orthographic(1,-1/6,1/6); draw(surface(revolution((0,0,0),(-2,-2sqrt(3),0)--(-2,-2sqrt(3),-10),Z,0,360)),white,nolight); triple A =(8sqrt(6)/3,0,8sqrt(3)/3), B = (-4sqrt(6)/3,4sqrt(2),8sqrt(3)/3), C = (-4sqrt(6)/3,-4sqrt(2),8sqrt(3)/3), X = (0,0,-2sqrt(2)); draw(X--X+A--X+A+B--X+A+B+C); draw(X--X+B--X+A+B); draw(X--X+C--X+A+C--X+A+B+C); draw(X+A--X+A+C); draw(X+C--X+C+B--X+A+B+C,linetype("2 4")); draw(X+B--X+C+B,linetype("2 4")); draw(surface(revolution((0,0,0),(-2,-2sqrt(3),0)--(-2,-2sqrt(3),-10),Z,0,240)),white,nolight); draw((-2,-2sqrt(3),0)..(4,0,0)..(-2,2sqrt(3),0)); draw((-4cos(atan(5)),-4sin(atan(5)),0)--(-4cos(atan(5)),-4sin(atan(5)),-10)..(4,0,-10)..(4cos(atan(5)),4sin(atan(5)),-10)--(4cos(atan(5)),4sin(atan(5)),0)); draw((-2,-2sqrt(3),0)..(-4,0,0)..(-2,2*sqrt(3),0),linetype("2 4")); [/asy]

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