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Example Question #1991 : High School Math

The radius of a sphere is . What is the approximate volume of this sphere?

Possible Answers:

$516\pi$

$300\pi$

$288\pi$

$138\pi$

$20\pi$

Correct answer:

$288\pi$

Explanation:

$Volume=\frac{4}{3}\pi r^{3}$

$V=\frac{4}{3}\pi(6)^3$

$V=\frac{4}{3}\pi(216)$

$V=288\pi$

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Example Question #1992 : High School Math

A cube has a side dimension of 4. A sphere has a radius of 3. What is the volume of the two combined, if the cube is balanced on top of the sphere?

Possible Answers:

$16 + 36\pi$

$16 + 6\pi$

$4 + 36\pi$

$64 + 36\pi$

$64 + 6\pi$

Correct answer:

$64 + 36\pi$

Explanation:

$V_{cube}=(\text{side})^3=(4)^3=64$

$V_{sphere}=\frac{4}{3}\pi r^3=\frac{4}{3}\pi(3^3)=\frac{4}{3}\pi(27)=36\pi$

$V_{total}=64+36\pi$

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Example Question #1993 : High School Math

What is the volume of a sphere with a diameter of 6 in?

Possible Answers:

$108\pi\ in^{3}$

$216\pi\ in^{3}$

$36\pi\ in^{3}$

$72\pi\ in^{3}$

$288\pi\ in^{3}$

Correct answer:

$36\pi\ in^{3}$

Explanation:

The formula for the volume of a sphere is:

$V=\frac{4}{3}\pi r^{3}$

where = radius. The diameter is 6 in, so the radius will be 3 in.

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Example Question #1994 : High School Math

A solid hemisphere has a radius of length r. Let S be the number of square units, in terms of r, of the hemisphere's surface area. Let V be the number of cubic units, in terms of r, of the hemisphere's volume. What is the ratio of S to V?

Possible Answers:

$\frac{4r}{3}$

$\frac{9r}{2}$

$\frac{3}{r}$

$\frac{9}{2r}$

$3r$

Correct answer:

$\frac{9}{2r}$

Explanation:

First, let's find the surface area of the hemisphere. Because the hemisphere is basically a full sphere cut in half, we need to find half of the surface area of a full sphere. However, because the hemisphere also has a circular base, we must then add the area of the base.

$S = \frac{1}{2}\cdot$ (surface area of sphere) + (surface area of base)

The surface area of a sphere with radius r is equal to $4\pi r^2$ . The surface area of the base is just equal to the surface area of a circle, which is $\pi r^2$ .

$S=\frac{1}{2}\cdot 4\pi r^2+\pi r^2=2\pi r^2+\pi r^2=3\pi r^2$

The volume of the hemisphere is going to be half of the volume of an entire sphere. The volume for a full sphere is $\frac{4}{3}\pi r^3$ .

$V = \frac{1}{2}\cdot$ (volume of sphere)

$V = \frac{1}{2}\cdot \frac{4}{3}\pi r^3=\frac{2}{3}\pi r^3$

Ultimately, the question asks us to find the ratio of S to V. To do this, we can write S to V as a fraction.

$\frac{S}{V}=\frac{3\pi r^2}{\frac{2}{3}\pi r^3}$

In order to simplify this, let's multiply the numerator and denominator both by 3.

$\frac{S}{V}=\frac{3\pi r^2}{\frac{2}{3}\pi r^3}$ = $\frac{9\pi r^2}{2\pi r^3}=\frac{9}{2r}$

The answer is $\frac{9}{2r}$ .

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Example Question #3 : How To Find The Volume Of A Sphere

If the diameter of a sphere is , find the approximate volume of the sphere?

Possible Answers:

$205\pi$

$167\pi$

$143\pi$

$334\pi$

$95\pi$

Correct answer:

$167\pi$

Explanation:

The volume of a sphere = $\frac{4}{3}\pi r^{3}$

Radius is $\frac{1}{2}$ of the diameter so the radius = 5.

$V=\frac{4}{3}\pi5^{3}$

or $V=\frac{500}{3\pi}$

which is approximately $167\pi$

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