document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=917948>Question 917948</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A metal sphere 6cm in diameter is melted and cast into balls of diameter 1/2cm. How many of the smaller balls will be there?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #556847 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><B>richard1234(7193)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richard1234><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=556847\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The metal sphere's diameter is 12x that of a smaller ball.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Volume of a sphere is directly proportional to the cube of its radius/diameter, so you can make 12^3 = 1788 smaller balls.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note that you can use the formula for the volume of a sphere and obtain the same answer, but with some intuition you don't need to use it. </SPAN>\n" );
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