SOLUTION: find the radious of a sphere to the nearest foot that has a volume of 100ft

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Question 595238: find the radious of a sphere to the nearest foot that has a volume of 100ft
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find the radius of a sphere to the nearest foot that has a volume of 100ft.
:
4%2F3*pi%2Ar%5E3 = 100
Multiply both sides by 3
4%2Api%2Ar%5E3 = 300
divide both sides by 4pi
r%5E3 = 300%2F%284pi%29
r%5E3 = 23.87324
r = 3sqrt%2823.87324%29
r = 2.88 ~ 3 ft is the radius