SOLUTION: a cylinder with a diameter of 5cm and a length of 16cm is melted down to make a sphere what will the radius of the sphere be?

SOLUTION: a cylinder with a diameter of 5cm and a length of 16cm is melted down to make a sphere what will the radius of the sphere be?

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Question 882539: a cylinder with a diameter of 5cm and a length of 16cm is melted down to make a sphere what will the radius of the sphere be?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The volume stays the same.
r = the unknown solvable radius of the sphere.

Solve for r.
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