What is the volume of a sphere with a diameter of 18cm? Round the answer to the nearest whole number.

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anonymous · Answer

The volume of a sphere is givne by : 4/3(pi)(r)^3, in this case we are given the diameter, which we know is twice the radius, so by cutting the diameter in half we get the radius as being 9. Just plug r=9 into the formula

mathteacher1729 · Answer

Here is a great document with plenty of volumes & surface area formulas with nice illustrations and color-coding. :) (It's a PDF) http://teachers.sduhsd.net/dspragg/documents/CheatSheetKey.pdf