Question

A sphere with a radius of 4 cm is enlarged by a scale factor of 2. What is the approximate volume of the new sphere in cubic centimeters?

Answer 1

$\textit{volume of a sphere}\\\\ V=\cfrac{4\pi r^3}{3}~~ \begin{cases} r=radius\\[-0.5em] \hrulefill\\ \stackrel{original}{r=4}\\ \stackrel{enlarged}{r=(4)(2)} \end{cases}\implies \begin{array}{llll} V=\cfrac{4\pi (\stackrel{enlarged}{~~(4)(2)~~})^3}{3} \\\\\\ V=\cfrac{2048\pi }{3}\implies V\approx 2144.66~cm^3 \end{array}$