SOLUTION: a beach ball holds 800 cubic inches of air. another beach ball has a radius that is half that of the larger ball. how much air does the smaller ball hold?

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Question 358854: a beach ball holds 800 cubic inches of air. another beach ball has a radius that is half that of the larger ball. how much air does the smaller ball hold?

Found 3 solutions by stanbon, edjones, mananth:
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
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a beach ball holds 800 cubic inches of air. another beach ball has a radius that is half that of the larger ball. how much air does the smaller ball hold?
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Radius of 800 cubic in ball = ?
(4/3)pir^3 = 800
r^3 = 190.99 in
r = 5.759 in
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Vol. of smaller ball
V = (4/3)pi(5.759/2)^3
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V = 100 cu inches
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Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by edjones(8007)   (Show Source):
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V(sphere)=4/3 * pi * r^3
4/3 * pi * r^3=800
pi*r^3=600
r^3=600/pi
r=5.7588
5.7588/2=2.8794
When r=2.8794 then 4/3 * pi * r^3=100 in^3
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Ed

Answer by mananth(16946)   (Show Source):
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the volumes of air in the two beach balls have a ratio of 8 times their volumes if the ratio of radii = 2
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800/8
= 100 cu.inches
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m.ananth@hotmail.ca