Question

Without calculating, which has a bigger volume. A cube that has a length, width, and height of 18 m. Or a sphere with a radius of 9 m? Explain.

Answer 1

Weird. A period appears above this... huh.

Answer:

[Th]e cube has a greater value.

Step-by-step explanation:

What the word problem really wants us to get [is ]the question of 'Which is greater, A=6a^2 when 'a' [is] 18 or A=4$\pi$r^2 when r = 9? And here's how to solve that.

Starting with the[ c]ube we have A=6a^2. A bit t[o]o simple, right?

A=6(18)^2 Substitute numbers.

A=6(324) Solve ex[p]onents.

A=1944 Mult[i]ply.

So w[e] know that the cube is 1944 meters cube[d ] in area. But what about the more [f]ormidable sphere? Fo[r] it we need a slightly m[o]re co[m]plicated formula, A=4$\pi$r^2. However, instead of using the real pi I will be rounding to 3.14, since we have no calculator so anything more would take way too long and fry your[ bra]in.

A=4(3.14)(9)^2 Subst[i]tute numbers.

A=4(3.14)(81) Solve expone[n]ts.

A=12.56(81) Multip[ly].

A=1017.36 Multiply again[.]

Now, since I'm sure all of us can count, we know that 1944 is greater than 1017.36. Or in other words, the cube is bigger than the sphere.

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