document.write( "Question 749882: Mr Richardson showed his class a cube that had sides of 1 meter long he said for the end of the year water balloon fight you may use the amount of water that would fill this cube if each balloon held 265 millimeters of water how many balloons did the class fill? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #456238 by rothauserc(4718) You can put this solution on YOUR website! is it each balloon holds 265 CUBIC millimeters? \n" ); document.write( "ok, I assume each balloon holds 265 cubic millimeters\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the volume of a cube is V=s^3\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "our cube has 1 meter sides so V=1^3=1 cubic meter\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "now there are 1*10^9 cubic millimeters in a cubic meter so there are\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1*10^9 / 265 cubic millimeters = \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "3.77 * 10^6 balloons are filled \n" ); document.write( " |