SOLUTION: 3 tennis balls are packed tightly in a can.Express the volume of the unoccupied space inside the can, purely in terms of r.
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Question 188712: 3 tennis balls are packed tightly in a can.Express the volume of the unoccupied space inside the can, purely in terms of r. Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 3 tennis balls are packed tightly in a can.Express the volume of the unoccupied space inside the can, purely in terms of r.
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The can is a cylinder of radius r and h of 6r (3 balls stacked = 3d or 6r).
For the cylinder:
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For the spheres:
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Air space =
