Question

A beach ball has a diameter of 10 inches. What is the volume of air contained inside the beach ball? Use 3.14 for pi. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth. 314.00 cubic inches 452.23 cubic inches 500.75 cubic inches 523.33 cubic inches

Answer 1

A beach ball is a sphere, so we will need to know how to find the volume of a sphere.
V=4π(r³/3)
We have the diameter, but not the radius. To find the radius, it is half of the diameter.
10÷2=5
Now let's plug it in.
4π(5³/3)
Let's solve.
4π= 12.56
5³= 125
125÷3= 41.67 (repeating 6)
41.67×12.56= 523.3752
523.33 cubic inches is the volume of air contained inside the beach ball. The reason I picked that answer is because we rounded up to 41.67, when there was a repeating 6. So we should expect for the answer to be a couple decimals lower from the answer we got.
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