SOLUTION: A crystal ball with a diameter of 6 inches is being packaged for shipment. If the crystal ball is placed inside a circular cylinder with radius 3 inches and height 6 inches, how mu
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Question 962391: A crystal ball with a diameter of 6 inches is being packaged for shipment. If the crystal ball is placed inside a circular cylinder with radius 3 inches and height 6 inches, how much volume will need to filled with padding? (The volume of a sphere with radius r is 4/3 (pi*r^3), and the volume of a right circular cylinder with radius r and height (h) is (pi*r^2*h.) Use 3.14 to approximate pi.
Please help. I have no idea what to do with this problem! Please show work, thanks.
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Volume of padding is the space in the cylinder not occupied by the sphere.
=volume of cylinder; =volume of sphere; =volume of padding
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ANSWER: The volume of padding will be
Use given value of pi to get approximate value.
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