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OpenStudy (anonymous):

If the radius of the Earth is roughly 3,960 miles, how many times larger is the volume of the Earth than the volume of a ping-pong ball? A ping-pong ball has a radius of 0.7441 inches. 1 mile = 5,280 feet.

OpenStudy (welshfella):

thats going to to be some fantastic number

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I know

OpenStudy (welshfella):

convert both radii to feet then cube both results the the answer will be result for earth / result for ball

OpenStudy (welshfella):

for earth we have (3960*5280)^3 for the ball (0.7441/ 12)^3

OpenStudy (welshfella):

you could get an approximate answer using a good scientific calculator

OpenStudy (welshfella):

you cube both numbers because a volume is 3 dimensional

OpenStudy (welshfella):

have you tried it

OpenStudy (welshfella):

if you are on a windows PC the in built calculator will do it its a 26 digit number!

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