SOLUTION: Find the radius of the largest sphere that can be formed from the metal obtained by melting down a cube of side 10cm.Could somebody please help?

Question 862519: Find the radius of the largest sphere that can be formed from the metal obtained by melting down a cube of side 10cm.Could somebody please help?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The volume remains constant.
The volume of a sphere is

The volume of a cube is

Set them equal to each other and solve for R.

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