Question

A shuttlecock used for playing badminton is the combination of ______.

Options

• cylinder and a hemisphere

• frustum of a cone and a hemisphere

• a cone and a hemisphere

• a cylinder and a sphere

Answer 1

A shuttlecock used for playing badminton is the combination of frustum of a cone and a hemisphere.

Explanation:

The feathered skirt of a shuttlecock is a truncated cone (a frustum) and the rounded base is a half-sphere (hemisphere), so the whole shape is a frustum of a cone mounted on a hemisphere.