Q. What is the volume of a hemisphere with a diameter of 8.6ft, rounded to the nearest tenth of a cubic foot?Answer: ft3
Calculate Sphere Volume: To find the volume of a hemisphere, we first need to find the volume of a full sphere and then divide it by 2. The formula for the volume of a sphere is V=34πr3, where r is the radius of the sphere.
Find Hemisphere Radius: The diameter of the hemisphere is given as 8.6 feet. The radius r is half of the diameter, so we need to divide 8.6 by 2 to find the radius.r=28.6 ft=4.3 ft
Substitute Radius in Formula: Now we can substitute the radius into the volume formula for a sphere and then divide by 2 to find the volume of the hemisphere.Vhemisphere=21×34πr3Vhemisphere=21×34π(4.3 ft)3
Calculate Volume: Let's calculate the volume using the values we have:Vhemisphere=21×34π(4.3ft)3Vhemisphere=21×34π(79.507ft3) (since 4.33=79.507)
Perform Multiplication: Now we perform the multiplication:Vhemisphere=21×34×π×79.507ft3Vhemisphere=32×π×79.507ft3
Use Approximate Value for π: We can now use the approximate value for π3.14159 to calculate the volume:Vhemisphere=(32)×3.14159×79.507ft3Vhemisphere≈167.551ft3
Round to Nearest Tenth: Finally, we round the volume to the nearest tenth of a cubic foot as requested: Vhemisphere≈167.6ft3
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