SOLUTION: the volume of the sphere is how much of the volume of the smallest cylinder that can contain it?
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Question 186389: the volume of the sphere is how much of the volume of the smallest cylinder that can contain it?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the volume of the sphere is how much of the volume of the smallest cylinder
that can contain it?
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The height of the cylinder will have to be the diameter (2r) of the sphere which has the same radius as the cylinder
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We can also say the sphere is the vol of the cylinder
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