SOLUTION: 1. Korey packs 27 tennis balls into 3 square layers. Each ball has a diameter of 8 cm. a) What are the dimensions of the box? b) What is the volume of the box? c) How much empty

Question 1160414: 1. Korey packs 27 tennis balls into 3 square layers. Each ball has a diameter of 8 cm.
a) What are the dimensions of the box?
b) What is the volume of the box?
c) How much empty space is in the box?
Answer by ikleyn(52847) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The box is a cube with the side length 3*8 = 24 cm.


The volume of the box is   = 13824 cm^3.


The empty space is  13824 - 27*(4/3)*pi*4^3 = 6589.44 cm^3

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