SOLUTION: A tall cylindrical container 6 cm in diameter contains some water. Nine steel spheres of diameter 4 cm are put into the water. If all the spheres are under water, and no water over

Question 1201413: A tall cylindrical container 6 cm in diameter contains some water. Nine steel spheres of diameter 4 cm are put into the water. If all the spheres are under water, and no water overflows from the container, then the rise in water level, in cm, is
a) 85 1/3 b) 21 1/3 c) 10 2/3 d) 9 e) 2 2/3
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Radius of the cylinder, 3 cm.
Radois of the nine spheres, 2 cm. each

volume of the spheres,

h, for vertical length change in the cylinder volume when the
spheres are put in,

Answer by ikleyn(52780)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The rise of water level does correspond to the volume of 9 submerged spheres.

It is one of the form of the Archimedes law.

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