A hard candy has a radius of 9 mm. The candy has a spherical soft center with a radius of 6 mm, with a hard shell surrounding it.

What is the volume of the hard shell?
Use 3.14 to approximate pi and express your final answer in hundredths.

mm3

Question

A hard candy has a radius of 9 mm. The candy has a spherical soft center with a radius of 6 mm, with a hard shell surrounding it.

What is the volume of the hard shell? 
Use 3.14 to approximate pi and express your final answer in hundredths.
 
  mm3

zpupster · Answer

The equation for a Volume of a sphere is

V= 4/3(pi)( r^3)
The 9mm Volume - 6mm Volume will give you the Volume of the Hard candy.