A cylindrical cardboard mailing tube has a diameter of 90 mm. and a height of 600 mm. A total of 20% of the tube’s capacity is filled with spherical packing foam. Each foam sphere has a radius of 15 mm.

Approximately how many pieces of foam are in the tube?

Use 3.14 to approximate pi and express your answer as a whole number.

Question

A cylindrical cardboard mailing tube has a diameter of 90 mm. and a height of 600 mm. A total of 20% of the tube’s capacity is filled with spherical packing foam. Each foam sphere has a radius of 15 mm.

 

Approximately how many pieces of foam are in the tube?

Use 3.14 to approximate pi and express your answer as a whole number.

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