SOLUTION: A basketball with a 30-in circumference is tightly packed into a cubical box for shipment.
a. What is the volume of the ball?
b. What is the smallest possible volume for the
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: A basketball with a 30-in circumference is tightly packed into a cubical box for shipment.
a. What is the volume of the ball?
b. What is the smallest possible volume for the box?
This question is from textbook Topics in Comtemporary Mathematics
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
CIRCUMFERANCE=2*PI*R
30=2*3.14*R
30=6.28*R
R=30/6.28
R=4.777 IN.
VOLUME=4/3*PI*R^3
VOL=4/3*3.14*4.777^3
VOL=456.39 CUBIC INCHES FOR THE BASKETBALL.
THIS BASKETBALL HAS A DIAMETER OF:
2*4.777=9.554 INCHES FOR THE SIDES OF THE BOX.
THEREFORE THE VOLUME OF THE BOX IS:
9.554^3=872.O8 CUBIC INCHES.
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