document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=475958>Question 475958</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a solid metal sphere 12 cm in diameter is melted and recast into smaller solid metal spheres 4 cm in diameter. How many of these smaller solid metal spheres will there be? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Volume of sphere=4/3&#960;r^3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Larger sphere:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r=12/2=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "volume=4/3&#960;6^3=288&#960;<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Smaller sphere<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r=4/2=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "volume=4/3&#960;2^3=(32/3)&#960;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "288&#960;/(32/3)&#960;=27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number of smaller spheres made from the larger sphere=27 </SPAN>\n" );
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