Question

Emily wants to know the volume of a beach ball. She deduces that the beach ball has diameter of 12 inches, and then uses the following formula to find the volume: (3.14) (12) V = (3.14) (1728) (5425.92) V=7234.56 cubic inches Emily's answer is incorrect. What did she do wrong? She used the formula for a cylinder instead of the formula for a sphere She used the formula for a sphere instead of the formula for a cone. Multiplying (314)(1728) does not equal 5425.92. She used the beach ball's diameter when she should have used the radius​

Answer 1

Answer:

D. She used the beach's ball's diameter when she should have used the radius

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the volume of the beach ball, using the volume of a sphere is the right formula to use, which is ⁴/3πr³.

The formula she used is correct.

Since the diameter of the ball is assumed to be 12 inches, what is needed to find the volume is the radius.

Radius (r) = ½(diameter) = ½(12) = 6 in.

This is where Emily made a mistake.

She used the diameter of the beach ball instead of its radius (r) which is needed in the equation.

She should have gotten,

V = ⁴/3(3.14)(6)² = 904.32 cubic inches