Q. What is the volume of a sphere with a diameter of 8.2in, rounded to the nearest tenth of a cubic inch?Answer: in3
Calculate Radius: To find the volume of a sphere, we use the formula V=34πr3, where r is the radius of the sphere. The radius is half of the diameter, so we first need to calculate the radius of the sphere with a diameter of 8.2 inches.Radius r = Diameter / 2 = 8.2 inches / 2 = 4.1 inches.
Plug into Volume Formula: Now that we have the radius, we can plug it into the volume formula.V=34πr3=34π(4.1 inches)3
Calculate Volume: Next, we calculate the volume using the radius value. $V = \left(\frac{\(4\)}{\(3\)}\right)\pi(\(4\).\(1\) \text{ inches})^\(3\) = \left(\frac{\(4\)}{\(3\)}\right)\pi(\(4\).\(1\)^\(3\)) = \left(\frac{\(4\)}{\(3\)}\right)\pi(\(68\).\(921\)) \text{ cubic inches}
Perform Multiplication: Now we perform the multiplication to find the volume. \(V = \left(\frac{4}{3}\right)\pi(68.921) = 91.8947\pi\) cubic inches
Approximate Volume: We can use the approximation \(\pi \approx 3.14159\) to calculate the volume numerically.\(\newline\)\(V \approx 91.8947 \times 3.14159 \approx 288.684\) cubic inches
Round to Nearest Tenth: Finally, we round the volume to the nearest tenth of a cubic inch as requested. \(\newline\)\(V \approx 288.7\) cubic inches (rounded to the nearest tenth)
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