SOLUTION: The diameter of a ball is 6-1/2 inches. I want to put 3 balls into a cylinder, what are the dimensions and the volume of the cylinder for the 3 balls?

Question 993409: The diameter of a ball is 6-1/2 inches. I want to put 3 balls into a cylinder, what are the dimensions and the volume of the cylinder for the 3 balls?
Answer by Cromlix(4381) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi there,
If the ball has a diameter of six and a half inches.
Then the cylinder would have a radius of three and a quarter inches
and a height of nineteen and a half inches
Volume = Pi x r^2 h
Volume = Pi x 3.25^2 x 19.5
Volume = 647.1 inches^2
Hope this helps :-)
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