SOLUTION: An ornamental spherical ball made of bronze has an outer diameter of 1.2 m and a uniform thickness of 13 cm. if bronze weighs 8.5 gm/cm3, find the weight of the ball.

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Question 1189071: An ornamental spherical ball made of bronze has an outer diameter of 1.2 m and a uniform thickness of 13 cm. if bronze weighs 8.5 gm/cm3, find the weight of the ball.
Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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Express the first radius in centimeters.

The volume of the metal is the difference of the volumes of the two spheres, so you can easy calculate it.

As soon as you get the metal volume, multiply it by the given metal density.


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