Question

Write the correct geometrical name of the roof of a rondavel.

Answer 1

Hint: In this question we have given a figure of rondavel. We have to identify the shape of the roof of a rondavel. First we will observe a given figure and try to identify the geometrical shape of the roof.

Complete step by step solution:
We have been given a figure of a rondavel.

We have to write the geometrical name of the shape of the roof of a given rondavel.
Now, let us observe the figure carefully.
We will find that the given figure is of a rondavel made up of raw material easily found in the jungle area. The poles of a rondavel are made up of trees and the roof is covered by the grass. The walls of a rondavel are made up of stones and sand mixed with cow dung.
A conical shape looks like below,

The roof of a rondavel is conical in shape.
Hence the geometrical name of the shape of the roof is a rondavel cone.

Note: A rondavel is an African style hut usually round or oval in shape. In literature a rondavel is known as the cone on cylinder of cone on drum. The body of the rondavel is cylindrical in shape. The rounded huts are more resistant to bear the strong winds so the reason huts being the round shape is the weather.