How do I go about solving this?

A sphere having a 10 cm radius has a maximum possible error in measurement of 0.02 cm. If you want to find the volume of this sphere, what will be the maximum error in the calculated volume?

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How do I go about solving this?

A sphere having a 10 cm radius has a maximum possible error in measurement of 0.02 cm. If you want to find the volume of this sphere, what will be the maximum error in the calculated volume?

anonymous · Answer

Is that it? the multiple choice answers to this are as follows: 12.13, 18.66, 19.07,and 25.13

anonymous · Answer

or was that just the first step?

nincompoop · Answer

the more the digits, specially after the decimal point, the more precise the measurements are

nincompoop · Answer

well that means you will have to add and subtract the values of the margin of error 

if you have 15.35 +/- .50
that means your acceptable values are within the range of 15.85 and 14.85

anonymous · Answer

none of the answers fall in that range though.-.

nincompoop · Answer

first, you need to solve for the volume of the sphere with the given radius. then you apply the significant figures then identify the acceptable values based on the margin of error given.